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Emergency Networks for Post-Disaster Scenarios

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Guide to Disaster-Resilient Communication Networks

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The focus of this chapter is on communication (and partially, computing) solutions which allow satisfying demands from the immediate aftermath of a disaster until full restoration of pre-disaster communication infrastructure and services. As traffic demand might differ substantially from the one in the pre-disaster scenario, due to the specific needs of post-disaster scenarios, it appears evident that a simple restoration of existing infrastructure and services might not be sufficient to satisfy it, and that specific solutions are required. This chapter reviews the most relevant post-disaster scenarios, outlining a set of reference use cases and their communication requirements. Then, it presents an overview of the state of the art for emergency and post-disaster communications. Finally, it focuses on a set of specific solutions of special relevance for disaster scenarios, outlining the main research challenges which are open to date.

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This chapter is based on work from COST Action CA15127 (“Resilient communication services protecting end-user applications from disaster-based failures—RECODIS”) supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).

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  1. HES-SO Valais, Institute of Information Systems, Sierre, Switzerland

    Gianluca Rizzo

  2. Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia

    Sasko Ristov

  3. University of Innsbruck, Distributed and Parallel Systems Group, Innsbruck, Austria

    Sasko Ristov & Thomas Fahringer

  4. Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje FCSE, Skopje, North Macedonia

    Marjan Gusev

  5. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Matija Dzanko

  6. Faculty of Economics Business and Tourism, University of Split, Split, Croatia

    Ivana Bilic

  7. University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano (SA), Italy

    Christian Esposito

  8. University of Bern, Institute of Computer Science, Bern, Switzerland

    Torsten Braun

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Rizzo, G. et al. (2020). Emergency Networks for Post-Disaster Scenarios. In: Rak, J., Hutchison, D. (eds) Guide to Disaster-Resilient Communication Networks. Computer Communications and Networks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44685-7_11

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