Intelligent detection and control for environmental noise pollution

Abstract

Noise pollution is a common environmental problem that directly or indirectly affects people health, productivity, behavior, and sometimes leading to death. Harmful noises are extensively found within specific environments such as airports, power stations, railway lines, road works, factories, construction, demolition sites, etc. Countries around the world initiated regulations in terms of monitoring as well as controlling and treating such pollution. These regulations raised the issue of finding a suitable, cost-effective, and reliable technology to encounter the noise pollution effects. Traditional manual noise detection and treatment solutions are not scalable to the high demand in time and space. So, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) can provide an effective, inexpensive, and flexible real-time acquisition platform to support the detection and control process of noise pollution sources. This paper brings the concept of noise pollution to the light. Also, a model is proposed for automatically monitoring, detecting, and controlling abnormal sound pressure levels representing noise pollution in the ambient environments. The proposed approach utilizes the integration of wireless sensing and Smartphone technologies for dealing with that type of pollution.