Edi o ial
C owdsensing and Vehicle-Based Sensing
Ca los T. Cala a e,1Celimuge Wu,2En ico Na alizio,3and F ancisco J. Ma ínez4
1Depa men o Compu e Enginee ing (DISCA), Uni e si a Poli `
ecnica de Val`
encia, Camino de Ve a S/N, 46022 Valencia, Spain
2G adua e School o In o ma ion Sys ems, The Uni e si y o Elec o-Communica ions, 1-5-1 Cho ugaoka, Cho u, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan
3Heudiasyc UMR CNRS 7253, So bonne Uni e si ´
es, Uni e si ´
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egne, CS 60319,
60203 Compi`
egne Cedex, F ance
4Compu e Science and Sys em Enginee ing Depa men , Uni e si y o Za agoza, Escuela Uni e si a ia Poli ´
ecnica de Te uel,
Ciudad Escola s/n, 44003 Te uel, Spain
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Recei ed 24 Oc obe 2016; Accep ed 25 Oc obe 2016
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ci ed.
Imp o emen s in e ms o sma de ice capabili ies and o
communica ion echnologies allowed c owdsensing solu-
ions o eme ge as a powe ul s a egy o e olu ionize en i-
onmen sensing, becoming one o he key elemen s o u u e
sma ci ies. In pa icula , sma phones, sma wa ches, and
o he pe sonal gadge s a e now endowed no only wi h
signi ican compu ing powe and di e en wi eless in e aces,
bu alsowi haninc easingnumbe o senso sable op o ide
use ul in o ma ion abou he use en i onmen , especially
when he use is mo ing a ound a ci y. I ehicula mobili y
is adop ed, he sensing capabili ies can be u he inc eased
by connec ing sma de ices o ehicles using he On Boa d
Diagnos ic In e ace (OBD-II) o p o ided di ec ly by sma
ehicles h ough ehicle- o- ehicle (V2V) o ehicle- o-
in as uc u e (V2I) communica ions. In he u u e, wi h he
g adual in oduc ion o au onomous ehicles and unmanned
ae ial ehicles, many mo e sensing al e na i es a e expec ed.
In pa allel o hese de elopmen s, ne wo k in as uc u e
has expe ienced signi ican imp o emen s in ecen yea s in
e ms o bo h co e age and pe o mance which, combined
wi h ad ances in cloud compu ing, allows ansmi ing,
s o ing, and p ocessing la ge amoun s o da a in an e icien
manne . Al oge he , he po en ial o gene a ing and analyz-
ing huge amoun s o da a is ema kable, being able o p o ide
unp eceden ed in o ma ion wi h high le els o spa ial and
ime esolu ionabou anye en o in e es occu inginaci y.
The pu pose o his special issue is o add ess ecen
ad ances on mobile sensing, wi h pa icula emphasis on
no el applica ions and a chi ec u es o c owdsensing and
ehicle-based sensing.
The a icles con ained in he p esen issue include bo h
e iews and esea ch s udies ocused on da a sensing and
p ocessing in si ua ions whe e ei he pedes ians o ehicles
ac as mobile senso s.
As an in oduc ion o he opic, he pape by W. Zamo a
e al. en i led “A Su ey on Sma phone-based C owdsensing
Solu ions” p o ides a su ey o sma phone-based c owd-
sensing solu ions ha ha e eme ged in he pas ew yea s,
ocusing on di e en wo ks published in op- anked jou nals
and con e ences. To p ope ly analyze hese p e ious wo ks,
hey de ine a e e ence amewo k ha allows classi ying he
di e en p oposals unde s udy. Globally, he su ey p o ides
use ulinsigh in o heb oadscopeo hec owdsensinga ea,
being o in e es o bo h expe s and no ices.
Analyzing and op imizing mobili y in he u ban domain
is one o he mos ele an con ibu ions ha mobile c owd-
sensing can o e o sma ci ies. In pa icula , he e e -
inc easing capabili ies o sma phones and ehicle-moun ed
de ices pa e he way o gaining meaning ul insigh in o
u ban mobili y. In his con ex , he wo k by F. Te oso-S´
aenz
e al.en i led“HumanMobili yModellingBasedonDense
T ansi A eas De ec ion wi h Oppo unis ic Sensing” in o-
duces a no el app oach o le e age such pa adigm, allowing
composing a map o Dense T ansi A eas (DTAs) wi hin a
ci y ep esen ing some o i s mobili y ea u es while p o-
ec ing he p i acy o use s. Besides ehicles, pedes ian and
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mul imodal pa hs would also bene i g ea ly om con ex
da a, as well as he in o ma ion abou he whole expe ience
o a eling and wande ing he ci y, including a el planning
and paymen s. The wo k by S. Mi i e al. en i led “A
Se ice-O ien ed App oach o C owdsensing o Accessible
Sma Mobili y Scena ios” in oduces a p o o ype o he
in as uc u e and o e all a chi ec u e p oposed o mee
hese challenges, desc ibing some o he se ices ha can be
p o ided: pa h ecommenda ions o wheelchai use s and
o elde ly pe sons.
In addi ion o mobili y op imiza ion, a ic sa e y is
also a c i ical issue ha should be add essed o minimize
he chances o acciden s. In his con ex , he wo k by Z. Liu
e al. en i led “SenSa e: A Sma phone-Based T a ic Sa e y
F amewo k by Sensing Vehicle and Pedes ian Beha io s”
p oposes a d i ing beha io de ec ion mechanism ha elies
on sma phones o sense e en s in he p oximi y and p o ide
ale s o d i e s. Thei p oposal also includes a low-o e head
app oach o as da a b oadcas ing, along wi h a collision
es ima ion algo i hm o igge wa nings when dange ous
si ua ions a e de ec ed. Since b oadcas ing is a key elemen
o secu i y and con ex awa eness in ehicula ad hoc en i-
onmen s by simpli ying di ec ehicle- o- ehicle communi-
ca ions, e ec i e in o ma ion exchanging becomes c i ical.
The wo k by C. Chen e al. en i led “A Sa e y Enhancemen
B oadcas ing Scheme Based on Con ex Sensing in VANETs”
add esses such p oblem by p oposing a conges ion con ol
scheme o ehicula ne wo ks ha can dynamically adap
o a iable channel occupa ion o maximize he ne wo k
h oughpu while a oiding o conges he channel, he eby
imp o ing ne wo k h oughpu , packe deli e y a io, and
ansmission delay.
Finally, he e icien handling o da a i sel gains u mos
impo ance in he c owdsensing con ex , including bo h da a
acquisi ion and dissemina ion. Conce ning he la e , no el
pa adigms ha e ecen ly eme ged, as is he case o he loa ing
da a pa adigm which aims a enabling a loa ing da a ne wo k
in a dis ibu ed and collision- ee way. The wo k by A. Buja i
andC.E.Palazzien i led“Ai Cache:AC owd-BasedSolu ion
o Geoancho ed Floa ing Da a” is an example o such a
solu ion, whose aim is o gua an ee da a a ailabili y in an
A ea o In e es while educing he da a access cos s a he
ne wo k edges. In pa icula , i elies on eplica ion among
passing-by o s a iona y use s, in addi ion o a node elec ion
s a egy, o imp o e he global ene gy/memo y consump ion
needed o main ain he da a loa ing.
Wi h espec o he da a ga he ing p ocess, especially
when using sma phones, i usually in ol es di e en da a
ypes due o he di e en g anula i y, mul iple senso sou ces,
and ime labelling. Such he e ogenei y and ime dependen-
cies in oduce new challenges in he da a analysis p ocess.
The wo k o C. Ma e al. en i led “Rep esen a ion Lea ning
om Time Labelled He e ogeneous Da a o Mobile C owd-
sensing” add esses his challenge by p oposing a new ep-
esen a ion lea ning me hod o he e ogeneous da a wi h
ime labels ha allows ex ac ing ypical ea u es using deep
lea ning. In hei wo k hey exempli y he applicabili y o
hei p oposed me hod by di e en ia ing be ween wo mobile
ac i i ies using sma phone senso s: walking e sus cycling
and d i ing e sus aking he bus.
O e all, we hope ha his special issue is able o shed
some ligh on he majo de elopmen s in he a ea o c owd-
sensing and ehicle-based sensing and a ac he a en ion o
he scien i ic communi y o unde ake u he in es iga ions
leading o he apid deploymen o such no el solu ions.
Acknowledgmen s
Wewouldlike oexp essou app ecia ion oall heau ho s
o hei no el con ibu ions and he e iewe s o hei sup-
po and cons uc i e c i iques in making his special issue
possible.
Ca los T. Cala a e
Celimuge Wu
En ico Na alizio
F ancisco J. Ma ´
ınez