An Ad Hoc Network in the Sky, SKYMESH, for Large-Scale Disaster Recovery
Hirokazu Suzuki, Youichiro Kaneko, Kenichi Mase, Shigemitsu Yamazaki, Hideo Makino · IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference · 2006
In the ad hoc communication system "SKYMESH", an urgent communication network backbone is built 50-100 meters high over ground by using balloons, taking advantage of good line-of-sight, low interference and long transmission range. SKYMESH is used as an emergency communication network when a large-scale natural disaster occurs. SKYMESH can be used for collecting information on disaster areas for rescue recovery and survey purposes. In this paper, an outline of SKYMESH and the result of the experiment performed at Niigata University campus in November 2005 are presented.