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Detection of Anomalous Noise Events on Low-Capacity Acoustic Nodes for Dynamic Road Traffic Noise Mapping within an Hybrid WASN
(MDPI, 2018-04)
One of the main aspects affecting the quality of life of people living in urban and suburban areas is the continuous exposure to high road traffic noise (RTN) levels. Nowadays, thanks to Wireless Acoustic ...
Mapping the Sound Environment of Andorra and Escaldes-Engordany by Means of a 3D City Model Platform
(MDPI, 2019-08)
In the new paradigm of the smart cities world, public opinion is one of the most important issues in the new conception of urban space and its corresponding regulations. The data collection in terms of ...
An Anomalous Noise Events Detector for Dynamic Road Traffic Noise Mapping in Real-Life Urban and Suburban Environments
(MDPI, 2017-10)
One of the main aspects affecting the quality of life of people living in urban and suburban areas is their continued exposure to high Road Traffic Noise (RTN) levels. Until now, noise measurements in ...
Sons al balcó: Soundscape Map of the Confinement in Catalonia
(MDPI, 2020-11)
In this project, we aim to study the effect that the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic has caused on the perception of noise in Catalonia. In Sons al Balcó, the research activities cohabit with the ...
Noise at the time of COVID 19: The impact in some areas in Rome and Milan, Italy
(De Gruyter, 2020-11)
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed in Italy at the end of January 2020, when the first positive cases for the virus were identified. At the beginning of March, the virus had spread to all Italian regions ...
Review of Wireless Acoustic Sensor Networks for Environmental Noise Monitoring in Smart Cities
(Hindawi, 2019-05)
Nowadays, more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas. Since this proportion is expected to keep rising, the sustainable development of cities is of paramount importance to guarantee ...
A WASN-Based Suburban Dataset for Anomalous Noise Event Detection on Dynamic Road-Traffic Noise Mapping
(MDPI, 2019-05)
Traffic noise is presently considered one of the main pollutants in urban and suburban areas. Several recent technological advances have allowed a step forward in the dynamic computation of road-traffic ...
WASN-Based Day–Night Characterization of Urban Anomalous Noise Events in Narrow and Wide Streets
(MDPI, 2020-08)
In addition to air pollution, environmental noise has become one of the major hazards for citizens, being Road Traffic Noise (RTN) as its main source in urban areas. Recently, low-cost Wireless Acoustic ...
Smart Wireless Acoustic Sensor Network Design for Noise Monitoring in Smart Cities
(MDPI, 2020-08)
This Special Issue is focused on all the technologies necessary for the development of anefficient wireless acoustic sensor network, from the first stages of its design to the tests conductedduring ...
BCNDataset: Description and Analysis of an Annotated Night Urban Leisure Sound Dataset
(MDPI, 2020-10)
Acoustic pollution has been associated with adverse effects on the health and life expectancy of people, especially when noise exposure happens during the nighttime. With over half of the world population ...