Construction of a node-combined wireless network for large-scale disasters

Author

Mori, Atsushi ; Okada, Hiraku ; Kobayashi, Kentaro ; Katayama, Masaaki ; Mase, Kenichi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan

fYear

2015

fDate

9-12 Jan. 2015

Firstpage

219

Lastpage

224

Abstract

An emergency node-combined wireless network that uses balloons, electric vehicles, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) was proposed. We discuss the construction and specific issues of this network. The communication area is evaluated by changing the node elevation. In this network, the elevations of balloon and UAV nodes vary, and the communication area changes with elevation. In addition, the network may be temporarily disconnected by changes of the communication area. To solve this problem, we employ a delay-tolerant network technique. We evaluate the number of nodes and node density according to the desired application and regional characteristics.

Keywords

autonomous aerial vehicles; balloons; delay tolerant networks; disasters; electric vehicles; radio networks; UAV; balloon; delay-tolerant network technique; electric vehicle; emergency node-combined wireless network; large-scale disaster; unmanned aerial vehicle; Ad hoc networks; Batteries; Delays; Electric vehicles; Mobile communication; Wireless networks; UAV; ad hoc network; balloon; electric vehicle; emergency communication system; large scale disaster;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), 2015 12th Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

ISSN

2331-9860

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-6389-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCNC.2015.7157980

Filename

7157980