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This work describes a novel solution to face a civil security problem in the area of search and rescue of missing people. This proposal is based on the use of emerging technologies like unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as drones, and the use of simulated beacons in smartphones. In particular, the solution presented here which is focused on the use of several synchronized drones going over an area and scanning it to check whether they detect any Bluetooth Low Energy beacon signal emitted from the smartphone of a missing person and retrieve the exact GPS position. This paper also includes a preliminary study of possible attacks on the different elements and the security measures used to protect them.
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Research supported by projects RTC-2014-1648-8, TEC2014-54110-R and DIG02-INSITU.
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Lodeiro-Santiago, M., Santos-González, I., Caballero-Gil, P. (2016). UAV-Based Rescue System for Emergency Situations. In: García, C., Caballero-Gil, P., Burmester, M., Quesada-Arencibia, A. (eds) Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence. IWAAL AmIHEALTH UCAmI 2016 2016 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10070. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48799-1_20
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