Abstract Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety/Security (RAMS) analysis of
Critical Infrastructures (CIs) can be applied to investigate their performance subjected to …

In the aftermath of disasters, localization of trapped victims is imperative to ensure their
safety and rescue. This article presents a novel localization and path planning approach that …

In emergency response operations, using uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) has recently
become a promising solution due to their flexibility and easy deployment. However, tasks …

In Public Safety Networks (PSNs), the conservation of on-scene device energy is critical to
ensure long term connectivity to first responders. Due to the limited transmit power, this …

Disasters in an area or an accident in a city both result in loss of property and lives. To
overcome this, a disaster management system needs to be in place, which is efficient for any …

Estimating the location of a target in search-and-rescue operations is quite challenging
when the target is not responding. Therefore, in this paper, we investigate the passive target …

In an event of a disaster, the connectivity of on-scene available User Equipment (UE) to the
first responders is important because of the unavailability of conventional networks …

Natural disasters often have an unpredictable impact on human society and can even cause
significant problems, such as damage to communication equipment in disaster areas. In …

Device-to-device communication, as provided by the third generation partnership project
standardization, can play a vital role in designing a reliable pervasive public safety network …

Terrorism and security threats are global phenomena. Almost every region has been
affecting by different terrorism and violence incidents; that is why terrorism has become a …