AT&T GeoCast Protocol Research Project: Reach Out to Phones Even When Cell Towers Are Down

YouTube video courtesy of AT&TBizSolutions

Unlike the AirGraffiti project mentioned in the previous blog entry here, this AT&T Research project sounds novel and interesting…

Laser tag with mobile phones or help for disaster victims w/ network down. AT&T researching GeoCasting

Mobile devices (like phones) that support the GeoCast protocol developed by AT&T can receive and propogate messages without cell towers serving as an intermediary. In the example described in the video embedded above, a first responder with a command device (like a notebook) with the authorization to send out a GeoCast query could request information form GeoCast capable phones to get position location of disaster victims.

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