Novel approaches to improving disaster response have begun to include the use of big data
and information and communication technology (ICT). However, there remains a dearth of …

In the past decades, serious natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, and
storms have occurred frequently worldwide with catastrophic consequences. They also …

By using virtualization technology, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) decouples the
traditional Network Functions (NFs) from dedicated hardware, which allows the software to …

Robust and prompt emergency response is a crucial service that smart cities should provide
to citizens, communities, and corporations. Emergency management strategies that are …

Emergency fleet management has become one of the determinant success factors for post-
disaster responses in urban flood control. However, it is challenging as multiple types of …

Cooperative satellite cells and terrestrial wireless communication networks (comprising
macrocells, picocells, and the Internet) are much anticipated access technologies to enable …

JUNE 2013 Uttarakhand flash-flood killed nearly 5700 people and trapped 110,000. The
disaster caused a black-out, leading to a serious network failure which delayed rescue work …

There has been surging research interest in utilizing mobile phones for information relaying
in postdisaster areas lacking infrastructure support. A common complication for such …

Disasters often result in widespread infrastructure failures, leading to network blackouts that
impede critical information dissemination and hamper search-and-rescue operations. This …

To establish stable communication networks in harsh environments where power supply is
difficult, such as coal mines and underwater, we propose an effective scheme for co …