The performance of wireless communication network is important in emergency rescue
operations while ensuring optimum usage of limited wireless resources. Due to the …

As the natural disasters may destroy the ground communication infrastructures for the
transportation systems, the communication relief in post-disaster networks is more crucial to …

This paper examines a special type of aerial network with multiple unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs). It focuses on multiple-hop communication and self-organization among UAVs. Each …

Post-earthquake scenarios have brought connectivity challenges to the forefront of research
in recent years. Particularly, the randomness and large-scale of road and telecom networks …

Medical assistance is crucial to disaster management. In particular, the situation of survivors
as well as the environmental information after disasters should be collected and sent back to …

In this paper, we investigate the realization of synchronized spread spectrum code division
multiple access (synchronized SS-CDMA) for the quasi-zenith satellite system (QZSS) safety …

Big data analysis is very important to support rescue activities when natural disaster
happens, through understanding various situations, such as power/water outage regions …

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 …

The increasingly frequent occurrence of natural disasters has severely interfered with the
operation of fundamental infrastructures such as power, transportation, and communication …

Spatial big data analytics has become possible with the data collected from the sensors in
smart phones, which can support decision-making in disaster scenarios. However …