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Working Around Disruptions of Network Infrastructures: Mobile Ad-Hoc Systems for Resilient Communication in Disasters

By Amro Al-Akkad (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Vieweg
Year
2016
ISBN
978-3-658-12615-5, 978-3-658-12616-2
DOI
10.1007/978-3-658-12616-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4522317 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
XXIII, 188\204
Time added
2016-03-14 21:35:01
Information Systems and Communication Service; Sof

Description

As in disasters the availability of information and communication technology services can be severely disrupted, the author explores challenges and opportunities to work around such disruptions. He therefore empirically analyzes how people in disasters use remnants of technology to still communicate their needs. Based on this, he suggests quality attributes whose implementation can support the resilience in technology. To exemplify this he develops iteratively two mobile ad-hoc systems and explores their feasibility and implications for emergency response under close-to-real conditions. Compared to the state of the art both systems are independent from preexisting network infrastructure and run on off-the-shelf smartphones.

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