Establishing an alternative communication network in disaster situations using smart devices
Yusuf Ceri, Ali Gülbağ · 2014
This study aims to set up an alternative communication network which enables rescue crew to communicate with each other and disaster victims in case of a cellular network breakdown or overload in a natural disaster such as earthquake or storm. The communication network is created via establishing mesh network by using Wi-fi interface of smart devices. Commonly used smart phones with Android operating systems are preferred as smart devices. A “push to talk” appliction is developed on Android. Open source software MANET Manager framework is used for creating mesh network. A series of tests on Android devices and computers are applied by creating mesh network with a software using OLSR (Optimized Link State Routing) routing protocol. As a result of the tests, communication among devices is succeeded.