Science & Tech · Big Tech & Internet · 21 hrs ago
LG U+ test narrows simulated mountain search area by about 99%
LG U+ and Solbit System tested a way to help locate people missing in the mountains.
The test took place around Mount Unjang in Jinan County, South Korea, in a scenario where GPS was unavailable or a phone was switched off.
The system analyzed mobile phone connection records alongside cell tower signal coverage and antenna direction.
It narrowed the estimated search area from 706.86 square kilometers to 4.13 square kilometers, about a 99% reduction.
This was a test, not a report of a real missing-person search.
A smaller search area could help emergency teams focus their efforts.
The companies plan further tests and are considering how to use the technology to support emergency rescue agencies.
LG Uplus tested technology that narrowed a simulated mountain rescue search area from 706.86 square kilometres to 4.13 square kilometres, a reduction of about 99%.
The test used mobile network base-station information and records of phone connections to estimate a missing person’s location.
It simulated conditions in which GPS signals were unavailable or a phone was switched off.
The test was conducted with radio-wave analysis company Solbit System in the area around Mount Unjang in Jinan County, North Jeolla Province.
The companies plan further tests and are considering whether to apply the technology to emergency rescue agencies’ search support systems.
- Who
- LG Uplus and radio-wave analysis company Solbit System.
- What
- They tested technology that uses mobile network data to narrow a simulated mountain search area by about 99%.
- When
- The test date is not stated. LG Uplus announced the results on October 11, 2026.
- Where
- The area around Mount Unjang in Jinan County, North Jeolla Province, South Korea.
- Why
- To estimate a missing person’s location more precisely when GPS is unavailable or a phone is switched off.
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LG Uplus and Solbit System tested the search-support technology around Mount Unjang in simulated conditions.
LG Uplus announced that the test had narrowed the estimated search area from 706.86 square kilometres to 4.13 square kilometres.
- Initial search area
- 706.86 square kilometres
- Reduced search area
- 4.13 square kilometres
- Reduction
- About 99%
- Test location
- Mount Unjang area, Jinan County, North Jeolla Province
- Search system
- Solbit System’s intelligent search support system (iSAR)
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