Title :
Post-Disaster Communications: A Cognitive Agent Approach
Author :
Majid, Sonia ; Ahmed, Kazi
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Technol., Asian Inst. of Technol. (AIT), Pathumthani
Abstract :
Communication networks are vulnerable to emergencies both natural and manmade. Deployment of cost-effective, efficient and robust communications network for emergency situations is considered to be a vital problem. In this paper we propose the use of cognitive agents for post-disaster communications (CAP-C). Birth-death lifecycle of these mobile agents is also presented. We also presented a binary hypothesis test for evaluating the output of each cognitive agent.
Keywords :
computer networks; disasters; emergency services; mobile agents; birth-death lifecycle; cognitive agent; communication network; emergency situation; mobile agent; post-disaster communication; telecommunications network; Ad hoc networks; Cognition; Cognitive radio; Communication networks; Intelligent agent; Mobile agents; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Robustness; Testing; Cognitive radio (CR); agent technology; emergency communications; post-disaster communications;
Conference_Titel :
Networking, 2008. ICN 2008. Seventh International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cancun
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3106-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3106-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICN.2008.60
