Wireless Networks for Disaster Relief
Rigee Premkumar · 2014
Communication systems during disaster relief operations are crucial. The wireless systems are expected to perform at their best in hostile conditions with limited resources since thousands of lives are at stake. Past tragedies like tsunami in 2011, Sept-11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina have highlighted the serious flaws in the existing communication systems. In response to these tragedies, researchers are coming up with better solutions for wireless networks. In this paper, we first go through some general requirements for the performance of a network in disaster relief operations. The scope of this paper is to give an overview on these technologies in disaster relief operations. An overview of some of technologies that are being analyzed for disasters is given. Next, a few products currently being implemented for disaster relief operations are analyzed and lastly, various wireless applications that are in use are discussed.