A Collaboration Mobile System for Epidemiology Investigation in the Wenchuan Earthquake-Stricken Area

Communication is one of the major issue for the epidemiology investigation in the area affected by Wenchuan earthquake. A collaborative mobile system has been designed for the field epidemiology event investigation and disposal for it. To get more stable communication between field and indoor groups, provide more information to field investigators and experts, we designed a star communication topology. Because of the different networks and different terminals, an asymmetric client/server network has been designed for the collaboration between field and indoor workfellows. A prototype system has been implemented and tested in the Wenchuan earthquake stricken area, the results show the system works well and is very useful for field work and collaboration.