Abstract Public Safety Network communications technologies are at crossroads with next-
generation networks to render better solutions and applications that can manage disaster …

Wireless industry, driven by manifold increase in data and devices, is attracting the attention
of public safety services for critical communications under disaster scenarios and …

Reliable and efficient transmission of emergency calls during a massive network failure is
both an indispensable and challenging task. In this paper, we propose a novel fully 3GPP …

Providing seamless wireless coverage is essential for maintaining reliable communications
in cellular networks. However, in extraordinary circumstances such as catastrophes, cellular …

Device to Device (D2D) communication has been proposed as an underlay to Long-Term
evolution (LTE) network as a means of harvesting the proximity, reuse and hop gains …

The communication infrastructures are likely to fail, in the case of disasters like earthquakes
and debris flow, resulting in blind areas and the inconvenience of residents' communication …

In recent decades, serious natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, and
forest fire have occurred with catastrophic consequences. To minimize the loss of lives and …

With the massive increase of wireless devices and the challenges associated, device-to-
device (D2D) communication becomes a vital solution. Employing D2D communication …

Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, can cause severe destruction and create havoc in
the society. Buildings and other structures may collapse during disaster incidents causing …

Modern wireless broadband networks are crucial for different mission-critical applications
and public safety agencies. Various natural disasters and physical attacks would result in …