A Framework for the Development of Reconfigurable Sensors-based Emergencies Detection Units in Smart Cities

Emergency detection solutions will be employed to early identify one or more critical situations and trigger proper actions in smart cities, potentially preventing the occurrence of disasters. When such systems are constructed around multi-sensor emergencies detection units, the heterogeneity of monitoring scenarios and eventual requisites changes may demand their reconfiguration to attend new sensing requirements. In this context, this paper proposes a new development framework to guide the programming and operation of multi-sensor detection units that are able to be reconfigured in real time. Moreover, supportive networked elements and interaction messages are proposed within this framework to allow flexible reconfiguration requests in a distributed and scalable way. The required specifications and expected evaluation results are also discussed in this paper.