Recently, Wi-Fi Direct (WFD) enabled mobile Device-to-Device (D2D) communication
emerged as a promising technique to carry out communication in disaster affected areas by …

Internet of vehicles (IoVs) nowadays has opened the door to a myriad of advancements in
safety, mobility, and in environmental aspects. Although, due to core challenges like high …

In most of the existing works about mobile crowd sensing, the service provider collects data
from each mobile user separately. However, comparing with the collection of data from …

The study focused on the research and development of ICT for disaster preparedness and
response with respect to two categories, namely, the delivery of alert messages to a wider …

Cognitive radios have the ability to dynamically sense and access the wireless spectrum,
and this ability is a key factor in successfully building Internet-of-Things (IoT)-enabled mobile …

Vehicle platooning has been regarded as one promising technology for modern intelligent
transportation owing to explicit benefits in traffic safety, highway throughput and fuel …

Based on the lessons learned from the East Japan Great Earthquake of March 11, 2011, the
authors have been engaged in the research and development of movable and deployable …

In recent years, networks for unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV)-assisted device-to-device
(D2D) communication have attracted attention, as they can be employed for emergency …

When a large-scale disaster happens, efficient network connection and communication
becomes difficult due to serious damage of existing network infrastructures. Meantime …

Wireless communication devices have spread widely in our society. However, they usually
depend heavily on communication infrastructure, leaving them vulnerable to disasters or …