Post-disaster communications: Enabling technologies, architectures, and open challenges

M Matracia, N Saeed, MA Kishk… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The number of disasters has increased over the past decade where these calamities
significantly affect the functionality of communication networks. In the context of 6G, airborne …

Utilizing blockchain to overcome cyber security concerns in the internet of things: A review

B Alotaibi - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a wide network consisting of Internet-connected objects using
installed software, such as home appliances, vehicles, and other entities embedded with …

An overview of emergency communication networks

Q Wang, W Li, Z Yu, Q Abbasi, M Imran, S Ansari… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, major natural disasters and public safety accidents have frequently occurred
worldwide. In order to deal with various disasters and accidents using rapidly deployable …

Tightly coupling fusion of UWB ranging and IMU pedestrian dead reckoning for indoor localization

R Ali, R Liu, A Nayyar, B Qureshi, Z Cao - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultra-wideband (UWB) and inertial measurement unit (IMU) fusion is an efficient method to
resolve the uncertainties of UWB in non-line-of-sight (NLOS) situations because of signals …

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces in challenging environments: Underwater, underground, industrial and disaster

S Kisseleff, S Chatzinotas, B Ottersten - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Challenging environments comprise a range of scenarios, which share the fact that it is
extremely difficult to establish a communication link using conventional technology due to …

Communication technologies in emergency situations

A Carreras-Coch, J Navarro, C Sans, A Zaballos - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Emergency situations such as wildfires, water floods, or even terrorist attacks require
continuous communication between the coordination centres, the several on-the-field teams …

A distributed multi-tier emergency alerting system exploiting sensors-based event detection to support smart city applications

DG Costa, F Vasques, P Portugal, A Aguiar - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
The development of efficient sensing technologies and the maturation of the Internet of
Things (IoT) paradigm and related protocols have considerably fostered the expansion of …

Experimental study on wound area measurement with mobile devices

F Ferreira, IM Pires, V Ponciano, M Costa… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Healthcare treatments might benefit from advances in artificial intelligence and technological
equipment such as smartphones and smartwatches. The presence of cameras in these …

A review of the effects of head-worn displays on teamwork for emergency response

TJ Davidson, PM Sanderson - Ergonomics, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Head-Worn Displays (HWD) can potentially support the mobile work of emergency
responders, but it remains unclear whether teamwork is affected when emergency …

Counterfeited product identification in a supply chain using blockchain technology

S Singh, G Choudhary, SK Shandilya, V Sihag… - Research Briefs on …, 2021 - orbit.dtu.dk
Since the invention of the Blockchain technology in 2008, it has been used in many domains
to ensure high security and reliability of data, like from the use of Bitcoin to BaaS (Blockchain …