Sameera Wijerathna

Agenda

The Need

Uniqueness

Recognition

How it works

The Potential

The Need of Early Warning

Due to the Tsunami 2004 Sri Lanka lost more than 35,000 lives unnecessarily.

Most of the development activities were put on hold due to the destruction.

Countries economic system was set back by years.

TV

Radio

Satellite Radio

HF and VHF radio networks

Mega Phones

Temple/Church Bells

Etc.

Conventional Early Warning Methods

The Uniqueness of DEWN

Effective in alerting citizens at day or night

Immune to communication network congestion

Comprehensible in terms of local dialect

Directed to specific location or person or equally applicable for mass dissemination

The Uniqueness of DEWN Contd.

Affordability

Can be accessed even through low cost handsets

Accessibility

Through mobile phones as well as alarm devices

Availability

Anywhere within a GSM or 3G coverage

Recognition

Dialog Telekom’s DEWN is an integrated disaster and emergency warning network that incorporates network based as well as device based technologies to deliver an end to end disaster warning solution through the centrally configurable carriage and dissemination of alerts

Disaster Management Centre (DMC)

Network Technologies

SMS for limited/selected recipients

Cell broadcasts for mass alerting even under conditions of network congestion

Location based cell broadcast and location directed SMS

Delivery Methods

Unique delivery methods to close the loop between dissemination and effective interpretation

SMS and CB messages in to screen flashes and audible alarm

Handset resident applications

Tri-lingual from encompassing Sinhala and Tamil

GSM DEWN Alarm Device

High volume alarm

Alarm Lamp

Inbuilt radio which can be tuned remotely

Interface to domestic devices

(temple/church bells, loudspeaker systems)

Delivery Methods Contd

Process Technologies

Message authenticity verification and multiple key verification

Anti-spam protection

Database technologies for location, group or individual directed messaging

SMS/voice based call back

Administration and control front end for centralized management

How DEWN Works

The authorized body to disseminate disaster related info in Sri Lanka

Disaster Management Centre

Meteorological

Department

Department

of Irrigation

National Building

Research Organization

World Meteorological Organization

USGS Hawaii

Execution Flow

Execution FlowDisaster Information Dissemination

How DEWN Works

Java/Symbian Handset

Terminal resident warning application

Customizable and situation specific presentation

Downloadable over GPRS

Special alarm tone

GSM DEWN Alarm Device

Multiple wake-up measures

Power source compatibility

Backup power

Multiple alarm interfaces

GSM DEWN Alarm Device Architecture

Cell Broadcast and Mass Alerts

Immune to network congestion

Ideal for mass alerts

Configure by location specific basis

Cell Broadcast

Dispatch of messages to the masses at an instant within a geographic area. Geographic area is controlled via the BSCs and cell where the broadcasting will take place

UoM lab

“The Dialog-University of Moratuwa Mobile Communication Research Laboratory is proud to be a partner in this innovation which has the potential to save thousands of lives”

Info dissemination Hierarchy/levels

DEWN – The Potential

Instant Alerting

Mass and Directed Dissemination

Wide Availability

Affordability

Applicability and effectiveness

Reliability and authenticity

Scalability

Applicability of DEWN in other natural or manmade disaster situations

Flood, Cyclone

Dam Burst

Epidemic

Forest fire

Bomb explosion, Chemical attacks

DEWN – The Potential

Inclusion

Converting a GSM mobile phone to an affordable alarm terminal within the national disaster warning infrastructure.

The rapid growth of mobile network coverage around the world will catalyze the inclusion

DEWN – The Potential