Detecting Regions At Risk for Spreading COVID-19 Using Existing Cellular Wireless Network Functionalities.

ABSTRACT: Goal: The purpose of this article is to introduce a new strategy to identify areas with high human density and mobility, which are at risk for spreading COVID-19. Crowded regions with actively moving people (called at-risk regions) are susceptible to spreading the disease, especially if they contain asymptomatic infected people together with healthy people. Methods: Our scheme identifies at-risk regions using existing cellular network functionalities-handover and cell (re)selection-used to maintain seamless coverage for mobile end-user equipment (UE). The frequency of handover and cell (re)selection events is highly reflective of the density of mobile people in the area because virtually everyone carries UEs. Results: These mea

SUBMITTER: Alsaeedy AAR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8043492 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature