Real-Time Urban Monitoring Using Cell Phones: A Case Study in Rome

This paper describes a new real-time urban monitoring system. The system uses the Localizing and Handling Network Event Systems (LocHNESs) platform developed by Telecom Italia for the real-time evaluation of urban dynamics based on the anonymous monitoring of mobile cellular networks. In addition, d...

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Main Authors: Calabrese, Francesco, Colonna, Massimo, Lovisolo, Piero, Parata, Dario, Ratti, Carlo
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101712
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2026-5631
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author Calabrese, Francesco
Colonna, Massimo
Lovisolo, Piero
Parata, Dario
Ratti, Carlo
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Calabrese, Francesco
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Lovisolo, Piero
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Ratti, Carlo
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description This paper describes a new real-time urban monitoring system. The system uses the Localizing and Handling Network Event Systems (LocHNESs) platform developed by Telecom Italia for the real-time evaluation of urban dynamics based on the anonymous monitoring of mobile cellular networks. In addition, data are supplemented based on the instantaneous positioning of buses and taxis to provide information about urban mobility in real time, ranging from traffic conditions to the movements of pedestrians throughout the city. This system was exhibited at the Tenth International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. It marks the unprecedented monitoring of a large urban area, which covered most of the city of Rome, in real time using a variety of sensing systems and will hopefully open the way to a new paradigm of understanding and optimizing urban dynamics.
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spelling mit-1721.1/1017122022-09-30T18:31:26Z Real-Time Urban Monitoring Using Cell Phones: A Case Study in Rome Calabrese, Francesco Colonna, Massimo Lovisolo, Piero Parata, Dario Ratti, Carlo Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology. SENSEable City Laboratory Calabrese, Francesco Ratti, Carlo This paper describes a new real-time urban monitoring system. The system uses the Localizing and Handling Network Event Systems (LocHNESs) platform developed by Telecom Italia for the real-time evaluation of urban dynamics based on the anonymous monitoring of mobile cellular networks. In addition, data are supplemented based on the instantaneous positioning of buses and taxis to provide information about urban mobility in real time, ranging from traffic conditions to the movements of pedestrians throughout the city. This system was exhibited at the Tenth International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. It marks the unprecedented monitoring of a large urban area, which covered most of the city of Rome, in real time using a variety of sensing systems and will hopefully open the way to a new paradigm of understanding and optimizing urban dynamics. 2016-03-16T13:53:55Z 2016-03-16T13:53:55Z 2011-03 2010-07 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1524-9050 1558-0016 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101712 Calabrese, Francesco, Massimo Colonna, Piero Lovisolo, Dario Parata, and Carlo Ratti. “Real-Time Urban Monitoring Using Cell Phones: A Case Study in Rome.” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 12, no. 1 (March 2011): 141–151. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2026-5631 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2010.2074196 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) MIT web domain
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title_short Real-Time Urban Monitoring Using Cell Phones: A Case Study in Rome
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