Wireless Technologies for Emergency Response: A Comprehensive Review and Some Guidelines

Pervez, Farrukh; Qadir, Junaid; Khalil, Mohsin; Yaqoob, Touseef; Ashraf, Usman; Younis, Shahzad

doi:10.1109/access.2018.2878898

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“…It focuses on securing two-way communication which is mobility and localization services through star topology. The gateway will serve as a transparent bridge between end-devices and network server on the back-end via IP networks [32].…”

Section: 22long Range (Lora) -Based Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%

A review on mobility models in disaster area scenario

Mahiddin¹,

Affandi²,

Mohamad³

2021

IJATEE

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Disaster struck does not announce itself and people usually caught with the ad hoc situation. Disaster is divided into two types which are natural disasters and man-made disasters. Natural disasters happen because of a natural phenomenon or process such as earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons and others. Manmade disasters happen as a consequence of technological or human hazards such train accident, traffic collision, aviation incident (plane crash), structural collapse and others. Such disaster struck events may cause fixed network infrastructure to be partially or fully-destroyed. *Author for correspondenceThe deployment of the fixed network infrastructure will be almost impossible to be re-established and recovered within a short time, especially in remote area where one had never existed.During the disaster struck, two entities would be existed which are victims and rescue teams like firefighters, police, volunteers and medical teams. The communication network is vital, especially after the disaster struck as the rescue teams need to coordinate the Search and Rescue (SAR) operations and mission critical. The real-life situation can remain unknown to the rescue teams involved in the SAR operations or it can be totally different from what it was before the disaster due to the damages. Subsequently, the exchange of data on the latest condition at the disaster area plays a big part and is crucial to save lives and

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Section: 22long Range (Lora) -Based Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%

A review on mobility models in disaster area scenario

Mahiddin¹,

Affandi²,

Mohamad³

2021

IJATEE

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“…The communication means in a disaster situation are based on the extended utilization of conventional communication technologies such as WLAN, LTE, Bluetooth, satellite communications, etc. The combination of short-range and long-range communication facilitates disaster responses such as telemedicine [3,18].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A number of studies have investigated the resilience of networks by means of improving networking and service functionality for emergency communications [3]. Local networks such as ad hoc networks, smartphone relay network, and mesh networks enable local data communication among users.…”

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Instantaneous Networking Service Availability for Disaster Recovery

Teng

Sakano

2020

Applied Sciences

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Networking services may be broken down in a disaster situation while people in the disaster area(s) strongly demand networking services for both communication and information sharing among users. This requires the fast restoration of networking services to fulfil the demand–supply gap. Although there are a number of studies on restoring communication and networking in disasters, few studies have explicitly examined the service availability during the temporary and partial recovery process of network restoration. From the perspective of users in the disaster area, it is important to be able to communicate or share information with people whenever they want/need to do so. Therefore, partial and local recovery of the networking services also plays an important role for improving service availability in the disaster situations. To assess the restoration effectiveness of networking services with a measure of user satisfaction level, we propose to use instant networking service availability (I-NSA), a novel metric, and we examine the effectiveness of networking service restoration solutions using the metric. I-NSA allows us to clearly express the instant availability of networking services that drastically changes with the elapsed time from the disaster occurrence in disaster areas. This paper examines the effective improvement of I-NSA when Local-and-Instant Clouds (LI-Clouds) are applied to the disaster situation. LI-Cloud has been designed and practically developed to provide deployable networking services to users. We verify that LI-Cloud enables significant improvement on the I-NSA performance in the fast restoration of networking services.

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“…Some previous works have addressed this issue, employing different formalisms for that [44,45], but with some limitations. However, some strategies can be used to enhance reliability even in the presence of emergencies, usually employing wireless communication technologies since they are more resistant to critical situations [46]. Additionally, the proposed system could be extended to provide an active synchronous probe service to transmit a "ping" message from the EPU to all EDUs, checking if they are active.…”

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On the Use of Cameras for the Detection of Critical Events in Sensors-Based Emergency Alerting Systems

Costa

Vasques

Portugal

et al. 2020

JSAN

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The adoption of emergency alerting systems can bring countless benefits when managing urban areas, industrial plants, farms, roads and virtually any area that is subject to the occurrence of critical events, supporting in rescue operations and reducing their negative impacts. For such systems, a promising approach is to exploit scalar sensors to detect events of interest, allowing for the distributed monitoring of different variables. However, the use of cameras as visual sensors can enhance the detection of critical events, which can be employed along with scalar sensors for a more comprehensive perception of the environment. Although the particularities of visual sensing may be challenging in some scenarios, the combination of scalar and visual sensors for the early detection of emergency situations can be valuable for many scenarios, such as smart cities and industry 4.0, bringing promising results. Therefore, in this article, we extend a sensors-based emergency detection and alerting system to also exploit visual monitoring when identifying critical events. Implementation and experimental details are provided to reinforce the use of cameras as a relevant sensor unit, bringing promising results for emergencies management.

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Wireless Technologies for Emergency Response: A Comprehensive Review and Some Guidelines

Cited by 32 publications

References 63 publications

A review on mobility models in disaster area scenario

A review on mobility models in disaster area scenario

Instantaneous Networking Service Availability for Disaster Recovery

On the Use of Cameras for the Detection of Critical Events in Sensors-Based Emergency Alerting Systems

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