Demonstrations of post-disaster resilient communications and decision-support platform with UAVs, ground teams and vehicles using delay-tolerant information networks on sub-GHz frequencies

Abrajano, Gemalyn; Favila, C. M.; Luo, C Y; Trono, Edgar Marko; Lagazo, D.; Sevilla, Benjz Gerard M.; Honrado, Jaime Luis E.; Solpico, Dominic B.; Yu, Jie; Chua, K.; Mamaradlo, John Paul; Carlos, José; Cheng, Yao; Cruz, Jerik; Ancheta, E.; Domingo, Annael J.; Ong, J.; Datuin, J.; Yasumoto, Keiichi; Libatique, Nathaniel Joseph C.; Tangonan, Gregory L.

doi:10.1109/ghtc.2017.8239327

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“…Articles in this review highlighted promising potential solutions to these challenges, such as delay-tolerant networks, 144,330,331 mobile ad-hoc networks 178,273,284,[287][288][289] including those using drones, 110,144 ultra-wideband technology, 63,152 and more. However, they are largely still immature.…”

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“…Communications and connectivity challenges, such as damaged or absent infrastructure, 35,162,247,255 inadequate bandwidth for data to be transmitted from first responders in the field to the EOC, 35,255 and high call and email volumes, 245,247,254 are extremely common during disasters. Articles in this review highlighted promising potential solutions to these challenges, such as delay-tolerant networks, 144,330,331 mobile ad-hoc networks 178,273,284,[287][288][289] including those using drones, 110,144 ultra-wideband technology, 63,152 and more. However, they are largely still immature.…”

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Technologies Enabling Situational Awareness During Disaster Response: A Systematic Review

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Disaster med. public health prep.

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Situational awareness (SA) is critical to mobilizing a rapid, efficient, and effective response to disasters. Limited by time and resources, response agencies must make decisions about rapidly evolving situations, which requires the collection, analysis, and sharing of actionable information across a complex landscape. Emerging technologies, if appropriately applied, can enhance SA and enable responders to make quicker, more accurate decisions. The aim of this systematic review is to identify technologies that can improve SA and assist decision-making across the United States Government and the domestic and international agencies they support during disaster response operations. A total of 1459 articles and 36 after-action reports were identified during literature searches. Following the removal of duplicates and application of inclusion/exclusion criteria, 302 articles and after-action reports were included in the review. Our findings suggest SA is constrained primarily due to unreliable and significantly delayed communications, time-intensive data analysis and visualization, and a lack of interoperable sensor networks and other capabilities providing data to shared platforms. Many of these challenges could be addressed by existing technologies. Bridging the divide between research and development efforts and the operational needs of response agencies should be prioritized.

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Technologies Enabling Situational Awareness During Disaster Response: A Systematic Review

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O'Connor

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Disaster med. public health prep.

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“…Recommendations for future work includes an investigation of the impact of emergency traffic on the various communication interfaces at different altitudes [28,33]. A set of aerial platforms are considered in [34] for emergency communication using delay-tolerant networks (DTN) on sub-GHz frequencies. Their aim is to use these as decision support aerial nodes to enhance sharing vital information including Maps, videos, and other operational information between rescue teams, victims, inter-departmental, and headquarters.…”

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Deployment of an aerial platform system for rapid restoration of communications links after a disaster: a machine learning approach

Almalki

Angelides

2019

Computing

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Having reliable telecommunication systems in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophic event makes a huge difference in the combined effort by local authorities, local fire and police departments, and rescue teams to save lives. This paper proposes a physical model that links base stations that are still operational with aerial platforms and then uses a machine learning framework to evolve ground-to-air propagation model for such an ad hoc network. Such a physical model is quick and easy to deploy and the underlying air-to-ground (ATG) propagation models are both resilient and scalable and may use a wide range of link budget, grade of service (GoS), and quality of service (QoS) parameters to optimise their performance and in turn the effectiveness of the physical model. The prediction results of a simulated deployment of such a physical model and the evolved propagation model in an ad hoc network offers much promise in restoring communication links during emergency relief operations.

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Application of the V-HUB Standard using LoRa Beacons, Mobile Cloud, UAVs, and DTN for Disaster-Resilient Communications

Solpico

Cruz

et al. 2019

2019 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC)

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Demonstrations of post-disaster resilient communications and decision-support platform with UAVs, ground teams and vehicles using delay-tolerant information networks on sub-GHz frequencies

Cited by 9 publications

References 7 publications

Technologies Enabling Situational Awareness During Disaster Response: A Systematic Review

Technologies Enabling Situational Awareness During Disaster Response: A Systematic Review

Deployment of an aerial platform system for rapid restoration of communications links after a disaster: a machine learning approach

Application of the V-HUB Standard using LoRa Beacons, Mobile Cloud, UAVs, and DTN for Disaster-Resilient Communications

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