TY - JOUR
T1 - Heterogeneous wireless IoT architecture for natural disaster monitorization
AU - Porte, Joaquim
AU - Briones, Alan
AU - Maso, Josep Maria
AU - Pares, Carlota
AU - Zaballos, Agustin
AU - Pijoan, Joan Lluis
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and the European Regional Development Fund under the contract CTM2015-68902-R (MINECO/FEDE) and RTI2018-097066-B (MINECO/FEDER). Acknowledgements
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, The Author(s).
PY - 2020/12/1
Y1 - 2020/12/1
N2 - A heterogeneous sensor network offers an extremely effective means of communicating with the international community, first responders, and humanitarian assistance agencies as long as affected populations have access to the Internet during disasters. When communication networks fail in an emergency situation, a challenge emerges when emergency services try to communicate with each other. In such situations, field data can be collected from nearby sensors deploying a wireless sensor network and a delay-tolerant network over the region to monitor. When data has to be sent to the operations center without any telecommunication infrastructure available, HF, satellite, and high-altitude platforms are the unique options, being HF with Near Vertical Incidence Skywave the most cost-effective and easy-to-install solution. Sensed data in disaster situations could serve a wide range of interests and needs (scientific, technical, and operational information for decision-makers). The proposed monitorization architecture addresses the communication with the public during emergencies using movable and deployable resource unit technologies for sensing, exchanging, and distributing information for humanitarian organizations. The challenge is to show how sensed data and information management contribute to a more effective and timely response to improve the quality of life of the affected populations. Our proposal was tested under real emergency conditions in Europe and Antarctica.
AB - A heterogeneous sensor network offers an extremely effective means of communicating with the international community, first responders, and humanitarian assistance agencies as long as affected populations have access to the Internet during disasters. When communication networks fail in an emergency situation, a challenge emerges when emergency services try to communicate with each other. In such situations, field data can be collected from nearby sensors deploying a wireless sensor network and a delay-tolerant network over the region to monitor. When data has to be sent to the operations center without any telecommunication infrastructure available, HF, satellite, and high-altitude platforms are the unique options, being HF with Near Vertical Incidence Skywave the most cost-effective and easy-to-install solution. Sensed data in disaster situations could serve a wide range of interests and needs (scientific, technical, and operational information for decision-makers). The proposed monitorization architecture addresses the communication with the public during emergencies using movable and deployable resource unit technologies for sensing, exchanging, and distributing information for humanitarian organizations. The challenge is to show how sensed data and information management contribute to a more effective and timely response to improve the quality of life of the affected populations. Our proposal was tested under real emergency conditions in Europe and Antarctica.
KW - DTN
KW - Drones
KW - Emergency network Natural Disaster
KW - NVIS
KW - WSN
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85091317225&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1186/s13638-020-01793-3
DO - 10.1186/s13638-020-01793-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85091317225
SN - 1687-1472
VL - 2020
JO - Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
JF - Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
IS - 1
M1 - 184
ER -