A major disaster would damage the communication infrastructure severely, resulting in
further chaos and loss in the disaster stricken area. Rapid restoration of wireless/mobile …

Network disaster recovery is one of the greatest concerns for Mobile Network Operators
(MNOs) and first responders during large-scale natural disasters such as earth-quakes. In …

When a disaster occurs, a huge amount of inconsistent victim or damage information data is
received by many different sources. Disaster management systems achieve the completion …

The recent trend of dependence on the social network for information abstraction and
propagation has a cumulative effect on critical response. The content and reliability of data …

Natural disasters can result in severe damage to communication infrastructure, which leads
to further chaos to the damaged area. After the disaster strikes, most of the victims would …

Our experiences in East Japan Earthquake show that disasters will cause a large-scale
network interruption due to serious damage of existing network infrastructures. To enable …

In recent years, as a practical use of Delay Tolerant Network and Mobile Opportunistic
Network, disaster evacuation guidance effective against situations of large-scale urban …

Disasters strike communities around the world, with a reduced time-frame for warning and
action leaving behind high rates of damage, mortality, and years in rebuilding efforts. For the …

This article proposes a new framework to model a scenario in which First Responders,
citizens, smart devices, or robots explore the environment in an emergency situation, ie, after …

During natural disasters, such as earthquakes, apart of the Internet access infrastructure can
be damaged, leaving many users disconnected. At the same time, many peopleneed to …