1. Profiling Cellular Data Coverage
Dhruv Bansal
Mentor: Mohammad Hosseini
Why Collect Cellular Data Coverage?
Continuous cellular communications between hospitals and ambulances are a key heath care need and provide numerous advantages over traditional radio/microwave equipment. My work with my mentor has been focused on collecting information about the cellular coverage to help ambulances in an emergency situation select the best route for continuous reliable cellular network.
Data Collection
Background
The main route that will be used goes from Carle’s Hospital in Urbana to the Regional Health Center in Hoopeston
The data is collected by an Android application where the phone’s GPS signal is used to determine the location
If there is no data coverage, the phone will get no signal
The application stores all the data in a file explorer on the phone
Example of Collected Data
Conclusion
The pattern that emerged from analyzing the data suggested that data coverage goes down as you go from a highly populated city to a more rural city
There were variations between different providers
Verizon had relatively good coverage between the two cities
Progress and Gain
Learned new algorithms and became proficient in Android Development
Tested app and collected data for different providers
Collected data for Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile
Analyzed data collected from the application
Future Work
Collect data from other major routes and cities
Combine all the data and put it together in a research paper
Experiment the clinical impact on an ambulance.
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank my mentor, Mohammad Hosseini for his patience and guidance on the research project. I would also like to thank PURE for giving me this great opportunity to meet graduate mentors and do research with them. The program has helped me spark my interest in research and I aim to continue researching in different areas.
Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign