POLLUTION MONITORING USING INTEGRATED SENSING AND COMMUNICATION
Provided is a method of monitoring air pollution, the method including: receiving, by a receiver, a wireless communication signal; measuring, by the receiver, attenuation of a millimeter Wave (mm Wave) or terahertz (THz) signal in the received wireless communication signal to obtain a sensing measurement data of the received wireless communication signal; processing the sensing measurement data to obtain air pollution information; and outputting a result of the obtained air pollution information.
1 . A method of monitoring air pollution, the method comprising:
receiving, by a receiver, a wireless communication signal;
measuring, by the receiver, attenuation of a millimeter Wave (mmWave) or terahertz (THz) signal in the received wireless communication signal to obtain a sensing measurement data of the received wireless communication signal;
processing the sensing measurement data to obtain air pollution information; and
outputting a result of the obtained air pollution information.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the outputting comprises:
transmitting the air pollution information to a server;
analyzing, by the server, a plurality of air pollution information obtained by measuring attenuation of mmWave or THz signals in a plurality of wireless communication signals; and
generating a report on air pollution based on the analyzing.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the receiver is a user equipment that receives the wireless communication signal from a base station; or
the receiver is the base station that receives the wireless communication signal from the user equipment.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the processing comprises processing, by the receiver, the sensing measurement data to obtain the air pollution information.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the processing comprises:
transmitting, by the receiver, the sensing measurement data to a server; and
processing, by the server, the sensing measurement data to obtain the air pollution information.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein:
the transmitting comprises transmitting a plurality of sensing measurement data to the server at predetermined time intervals; and
the processing by the server comprises processing, by the server, the plurality of sensing measurement data to obtain the air pollution information.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the processing comprises processing a plurality of sensing measurement data that is obtained by measuring attenuation of mm Wave or THz signals in a plurality of wireless communication signals, to obtain the air pollution information; and
the plurality of wireless communication signals are transmitted by a plurality of user equipment to a base station that measures the attenuation, or are transmitted by the base station to the plurality of user equipment that measure the attenuation.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensing measurement data comprises a measurement of the attenuation, and at least one of location information corresponding to the sensing measurement data and a path of the wireless communication signal.
9 . A system for monitoring air pollution, the system comprising:
at least one memory storing instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:
receive a wireless communication signal;
measure attenuation of a millimeter Wave (mmWave) or terahertz (THz) signal in the received wireless communication signal to obtain a sensing measurement data of the received wireless communication signal;
process the sensing measurement data to obtain air pollution information; and
output a result of the obtained air pollution information.
10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to output the result by:
analyzing a plurality of air pollution information obtained by measuring attenuation of mm Wave or THz signals in a plurality of wireless communication signals; and
generating a report on air pollution based on the analyzing.
11 . The system of claim 9 , wherein:
the wireless communication signal is received, from a base station, by a user equipment that performs the measuring; or
the wireless communication signal is received, from the user equipment, by the base station that performs the measuring.
12 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:
process a plurality of sensing measurement data obtained by measuring attenuation of mm Wave or THz signals in a plurality of wireless communication signals, to obtain the air pollution information.
13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein:
the plurality of wireless communication signals are transmitted by a plurality of user equipment to a base station that measures the attenuation, or are transmitted by the base station to the plurality of user equipment that measure the attenuation.
14 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the sensing measurement data comprises a measurement of the attenuation, and at least one of location information corresponding to the sensing measurement data and a path of the wireless communication signal.
15 . At least one non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon instructions executable by at least one processor to perform a method of monitoring air pollution, the method comprising:
receiving, by a receiver, a wireless communication signal;
measuring, by the receiver, attenuation of a millimeter Wave (mmWave) or terahertz (THz) signal in the received wireless communication signal to obtain a sensing measurement data of the received wireless communication signal;
processing the sensing measurement data to obtain air pollution information; and
outputting a result of the obtained air pollution information.
16 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 15 , wherein the outputting comprises:
analyzing a plurality of air pollution information obtained by measuring attenuation of mmWave or THz signals in a plurality of wireless communication signals; and
generating a report on air pollution based on the analyzing.
17 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 15 , wherein:
the receiver is a user equipment that receives the wireless communication signal from a base station; or
the receiver is the base station that receives the wireless communication signal from the user equipment.
18 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 15 , wherein the processing comprises:
processing a plurality of sensing measurement data obtained by measuring attenuation of mmWave or THz signals in a plurality of wireless communication signals, to obtain the air pollution information.
19 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 18 , wherein the plurality of wireless communication signals are transmitted by a plurality of user equipment to a base station that measures the attenuation, or are transmitted by the base station to the plurality of user equipment that measure the attenuation.
20 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 15 , wherein the sensing measurement data comprises a measurement of the attenuation, and at least one of location information corresponding to the sensing measurement data and a path of the wireless communication signal.