Working Around Disruptions of Network Infrastructures
Mobile Ad-Hoc Systems for Resilient Communication in Disasters
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Beschreibung
As in disasters the availability of information and
communication technology services can be severely disrupted, the author
explores challenges and opportunities to work around such disruptions. He
therefore empirically analyzes how people in disasters use remnants of
technology to still communicate their needs. Based on this, he suggests quality
attributes whose implementation can support the resilience in technology. To
exemplify this he develops iteratively two mobile ad-hoc systems and explores
their feasibility and implications for emergency response under close-to-real
conditions. Compared to the state of the art both systems are independent from
preexisting network infrastructure and run on off-the-shelf smartphones.
ContentsEmpirical Findings
on the Usage of Remnants of TechnologyDefinition
of Quality Attributes Fostering ResilienceIterative Development
of Mobile Ad-Hoc Systems
Target
GroupsResearchers
for human-computer interaction and crisis managementExperts and
practitioners for emergency response
The Author
Dr. Amro Al-Akkad works at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied
Information Technology. His research deals with the human-centered design and
evaluation of ubiquitous systems.
As in disasters the availability of information and communication technology services can be severely disrupted, the author explores challenges and opportunities to work around such disruptions. He therefore empirically analyzes how people in disasters use remnants of technology to still communicate their needs. Based on this, he suggests quality attributes whose implementation can support the resilience in technology. To exemplify this he develops iteratively two mobile ad-hoc systems and explores their feasibility and implications for emergency response under close-to-real conditions. Compared to the state of the art both systems are independent from preexisting network infrastructure and run on off-the-shelf smartphones.
Study in the field of information technology Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Amro Al-Akkad
Themen in »Working Around Disruptions of Network Infrastructures«
Empirical Findings Conceptual Framework State of the Art First System: Help Beacons Second System: Local Cloud