JSW 2008 Vol.3(2): 52-60 ISSN: 1796-217X
doi: 10.4304/jsw.3.2.52-60
doi: 10.4304/jsw.3.2.52-60
Hybrid Wireless Mesh Network with Application to Emergency Scenarios
Raheleh B. Dilmaghani, Ramesh R. Rao
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA
Abstract—Establishing and accessing a reliable communication infrastructure at crisis site is a challenging research problem. Failure in communication infrastructure and information exchange impedes the early response efforts resulting in huge loss of lives and economical impacts. In this paper, we present the results taken over the wireless mesh network that had been deployed to provide first responders with an infrastructure for local communication on campus during the drill. Additionally the network was connected to the outside world through a wired backhaul. This infrastructure is quickly deployable, easily configurable and interoperable in a heterogeneous environment with minimum interdependencies. We present the measurements taken directly over the network by capturing operational network traces to evaluate network performance and identify the source(s) of bottleneck to improve performance and network resource usage for future deployments.
Index Terms—Mesh network, Emergency communication deployment, Real scenario measurements, Field data and Performance evaluation
Abstract—Establishing and accessing a reliable communication infrastructure at crisis site is a challenging research problem. Failure in communication infrastructure and information exchange impedes the early response efforts resulting in huge loss of lives and economical impacts. In this paper, we present the results taken over the wireless mesh network that had been deployed to provide first responders with an infrastructure for local communication on campus during the drill. Additionally the network was connected to the outside world through a wired backhaul. This infrastructure is quickly deployable, easily configurable and interoperable in a heterogeneous environment with minimum interdependencies. We present the measurements taken directly over the network by capturing operational network traces to evaluate network performance and identify the source(s) of bottleneck to improve performance and network resource usage for future deployments.
Index Terms—Mesh network, Emergency communication deployment, Real scenario measurements, Field data and Performance evaluation
Cite: Raheleh B. Dilmaghani, Ramesh R. Rao, " Hybrid Wireless Mesh Network with Application to Emergency Scenarios," Journal of Software vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 52-60, 2008.
General Information
ISSN: 1796-217X (Online)
Frequency: Quarterly
Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Antanas Verikas
Executive Editor: Ms. Yoyo Y. Zhou
Abstracting/ Indexing: DBLP, EBSCO, CNKI, Google Scholar, ProQuest, INSPEC(IET), ULRICH's Periodicals Directory, WorldCat, etc
E-mail: jsw@iap.org
-
Apr 26, 2021 News!
Vol 14, No 4- Vol 14, No 12 has been indexed by IET-(Inspec) [Click]
-
Nov 18, 2021 News!
Papers published in JSW Vol 16, No 1- Vol 16, No 6 have been indexed by DBLP [Click]
-
Dec 24, 2021 News!
Vol 15, No 1- Vol 15, No 6 has been indexed by IET-(Inspec) [Click]
-
Nov 18, 2021 News!
[CFP] 2022 the annual meeting of JSW Editorial Board, ICCSM 2022, will be held in Rome, Italy, July 21-23, 2022 [Click]
-
Feb 09, 2023 News!
Vol 18, No 1 has been published with online version [Click]