Emergency message dissemination system for smartphones during natural disasters

Xian Wu, Maciej Mazurowski, Zhen Chen, Nirvana Meratnia
2011 2011 11th International Conference on ITS Telecommunications  
This paper revolves around the concept of utilizing the modern smartphone communication capabilities to transmit messages through an ad hoc network during a disaster, which renders the traditional cellular base station inaccessible. Due to dynamic and decentralized nature of the considered environment, epidemic algorithms present themselves as a suitable option for message dissemination. We consider a specific scenario and propose a modified epidemic routing protocol that could be useful during
more » ... natural disasters. We develop a simulation tool using MATLAB to evaluate the influence of various factors on the performance and cost of our modified epidemic routing protocol in case of an emergency.
doi:10.1109/itst.2011.6060064 fatcat:66jduhlq6fhknkqgqbfbuy3i7q