Remote acoustic monitoring system for noise sensing

Abstract

The concept of smart cities comprises a wide range of control and actuators systems aimed to improve the habitability and perception that citizens have of cities. A smart city covers many of these systems, ranging from applications that facilitate the governance of cities and encourage citizens’ participation to services focused on improving their quality of life. Among them, we can highlight those using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to improve the environment of the city. Besides deploying air quality monitoring systems, smart cities are beginning to include other ICT-based systems, such as the work in progress proposed in this paper, which is aimed to remotely monitor noise levels at different points of the city using the public bus system as mobile sensors network.