Safety confirmation is one of the most important applications of disaster-resilient networking
based on the movable and deployable resource unit (MDRU). With an embedded image …

In this paper, we propose a disaster-resilient image and video transmission system based
on specially designed Movable and Deployable Resource Units, which we refer to as …

During the great east Japan earthquake on March 11, 2011, a lot of ICT resources-telecom
switching offices, optical fiber links, and so forth-were completely or partially damaged due …

Communication demand is paramount for disaster-affected people to confirm safety, seek
help, and gather evacuation information. However, the communication infrastructure is likely …

The movable and deployable resource unit (MDRU)-based network provides
communication services in disaster-struck areas where the lack of spectrum and energy …

Disasters, in most cases, cause the breakdown of important structures, such as
communication and Internet connection. This is concerning because victims need a way to …

Rescue teams require information about victims in need of help rapidly to improve survival
rate at the time of disaster. Emergency Rescue Information Sharing System gathers and …

The fast increasing chip processing capacities driven by the Moore's Law have encouraged
the academia and industry to consider more about general hardware architectures since …

When an ultra large disaster such as the East Japan Great Earthquake occurs,
communication networks would be severely disconnected by the damages of servers and …

So far, we have developed effective wide area disaster information network (WDN) using
Internet over the combination of both wired and wireless network. In this information network …