Rescue Support System with DTN for Earthquake Disasters

Raito MATSUZAKI; Hiroyuki EBARA; Noriaki MURANAKA

doi:10.1587/transcom.E98.B.1832

Rescue Support System with DTN for Earthquake Disasters

Raito MATSUZAKI, Hiroyuki EBARA, Noriaki MURANAKA

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In a previous paper, we proposed a rescue support system for victims buried in an earthquake disaster by constructing an ad-hoc network using home-server based smart homes. However, this system has the following two problems: i) it cannot ensure sufficient density of home servers to realize adequate WLAN coverage, ii) the system does not consider areas in which home servers cannot be used such as parks and factories, for example. In this paper, we propose a new method using a delay tolerant network (DTN) technique. In this method, rescuers (such as rescue teams) with mobile devices relay information between disconnected networks by walking around during rescue activities. For a performance evaluation, we performed simulation experiments using a map of Abeno-ku, Osaka. From our results, we show that the proposed method increases the information acquisition rate, and that the network can be maintained. We also quantitatively show the penetration rate of smart homes needed for our system. In addition, we show that the rescue request system is more effective than other systems, and the method with the mobile device relay is better than without this method.

Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E98-B No.9 pp.1832-1847

Publication Date: 2015/09/01

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Online ISSN: 1745-1345

DOI: 10.1587/transcom.E98.B.1832

Type of Manuscript: PAPER

Category: Network System

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Raito MATSUZAKI
  Kansai University
Hiroyuki EBARA
  Kansai University
Noriaki MURANAKA
  Kansai University

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ad-hoc network, delay tolerant network(DTN), smart home, emergency rescue, earthquake

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Raito MATSUZAKI, Hiroyuki EBARA, Noriaki MURANAKA, "Rescue Support System with DTN for Earthquake Disasters" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications, vol. E98-B, no. 9, pp. 1832-1847, September 2015, doi: 10.1587/transcom.E98.B.1832.
Abstract: In a previous paper, we proposed a rescue support system for victims buried in an earthquake disaster by constructing an ad-hoc network using home-server based smart homes. However, this system has the following two problems: i) it cannot ensure sufficient density of home servers to realize adequate WLAN coverage, ii) the system does not consider areas in which home servers cannot be used such as parks and factories, for example. In this paper, we propose a new method using a delay tolerant network (DTN) technique. In this method, rescuers (such as rescue teams) with mobile devices relay information between disconnected networks by walking around during rescue activities. For a performance evaluation, we performed simulation experiments using a map of Abeno-ku, Osaka. From our results, we show that the proposed method increases the information acquisition rate, and that the network can be maintained. We also quantitatively show the penetration rate of smart homes needed for our system. In addition, we show that the rescue request system is more effective than other systems, and the method with the mobile device relay is better than without this method.
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