Mobile devices have shown to be very useful during and post disaster. If the communication
infrastructure breaks down, however, they become almost useless as most services rely on …

Emergency communication networks are crucial for monitoring and providing assistance to
affected people during long-persisting disasters. Given substantial and increasing …

Access to emergency services like police, fire, rescue, and EMS is life or death during
natural disasters. Disaster management faces three critical problems for emergency services …

Electronic communication is crucial for monitoring the rescue-relief operations and providing
assistance to the affected people during and after disasters. Given the ubiquity of …

Disaster management is a complex and interesting domain which deals with abnormal,
extremely critical and challenging situations. It has always been a worldwide concern and …

The existing data service providers have gaps in their connectivity, especially in disaster and
remote underserved areas. A mesh network can address this shortcoming by providing …

While information and communication technology is crucial for the operation of urban
infrastructures and the wellbeing of its inhabitants, current technology is quite vulnerable to …

The purpose of alerts and warnings is to provide necessary information to the public that will
lead to their safety in emergencies. The nation's alerting capabilities need to evolve and …

Disasters lead to devastating structural damage not only to buildings and transport
infrastructure, but also to other critical infrastructure, such as the power grid and …

In a post-disaster situation, the construction of replacement communication infrastructure is
crucial for the success of rescue operations. LTE Device-to-Device Proximity Services and …