Emergency Message Dissemination System for Smartphones During Natural Disasters

Xian Wu; Maciej Mazurowski; Zhen Chen; Nirvana Meratnia

doi:10.1109/ITST.2011.6060064

Emergency Message Dissemination System for Smartphones During Natural Disasters

Xian Wu, Maciej Mazurowski, Zhen Chen, Nirvana Meratnia

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Abstract

This paper revolves around the concept of utilizing the modern smartphone communication capabilities to transmit messages through an ad hoc network during a disaster, which renders the traditional cellular base station inaccessible. Due to dynamic and decentralized nature of the considered environment, epidemic algorithms present themselves as a suitable option for message dissemination. We consider a specific scenario and propose a modified epidemic routing protocol that could be useful during natural disasters. We develop a simulation tool using MATLAB to evaluate the influence of various factors on the performance and cost of our modified epidemic routing protocol in case of an emergency.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on ITS Telecommunications
Place of Publication	USA
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	258-263
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	978-1-61284-668-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ITST.2011.6060064
Publication status	Published - Aug 2011
Event	11th International Conference on Intelligent Transport Systems Telecommunications, ITST 2011 - Park Inn Pulkovskaya, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation Duration: 23 Aug 2011 → 25 Aug 2011 Conference number: 11

Publication series

Name
Publisher	IEEE

Conference

Conference	11th International Conference on Intelligent Transport Systems Telecommunications, ITST 2011
Abbreviated title	ITST
Country/Territory	Russian Federation
City	St. Petersburg
Period	23/08/11 → 25/08/11

Keywords

IR-78450
METIS-279659
Epidemic Routing
Smartphone
EWI-20541
Opportunistic Network
Emergency Application

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10.1109/ITST.2011.6060064

ITS2011

http://eprints.eemcs.utwente.nl/secure2/20541/01/ITS2011.pdf

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Wu, X, Mazurowski, M, Chen, Z & Meratnia, N 2011, Emergency Message Dissemination System for Smartphones During Natural Disasters. in Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on ITS Telecommunications. IEEE, USA, pp. 258-263, 11th International Conference on Intelligent Transport Systems Telecommunications, ITST 2011, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, 23/08/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITST.2011.6060064

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