Incident Scene Mobility Analysis

@inproceedings{citeulike:3023673, abstract = {In an incident scene ad hoc network, mobility of on-scene first responders induces dynamic topology for their carried communication devices. This dynamics has significant impact on network connectivity, quality of communication and resource allocation. In performing evaluation of such networks as distributed systems, it is crucial to use mobility models derived from realistic use cases. In this paper, we examine properties of public safety incidents and discover unique characteristics of associated mobility patterns. Our first goal is to understand how first responders' mobility is influenced by a variety of factors, such as transportation, environmental, and operational factors. Our second goal is to determine and recommend a comprehensive set of parameters to characterize first responder mobility at an incident scene. The set of parameters we suggest includes both personnel and event characteristics. We also show the relationship and interaction between them. This set of parameters can subsequently be used in mobility generation tools for simulation studies. Our main contribution is to characterize the mobility pattern for first responders in incident scenes as a mission-specific, environment-aware and event-driven adaptation process.}, author = {Huang, Ying and He, Wenbo and Nahrstedt, Klara and Lee, Whay C. }, booktitle = {Technologies for Homeland Security, 2008 IEEE Conference on}, citeulike-article-id = {3023673}, doi = {10.1109/THS.2008.4534460}, journal = {Technologies for Homeland Security, 2008 IEEE Conference on}, keywords = {manet, mobility}, pages = {257--262}, posted-at = {2008-07-21 09:08:34}, priority = {0}, title = {Incident Scene Mobility Analysis}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/THS.2008.4534460}, year = {2008} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:3023673 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3023673 TI - Incident Scene Mobility Analysis T2 - Technologies for Homeland Security, 2008 IEEE Conference on JF - Technologies for Homeland Security, 2008 IEEE Conference on SP - 257 EP - 262 N2 - In an incident scene ad hoc network, mobility of on-scene first responders induces dynamic topology for their carried communication devices. This dynamics has significant impact on network connectivity, quality of communication and resource allocation. In performing evaluation of such networks as distributed systems, it is crucial to use mobility models derived from realistic use cases. In this paper, we examine properties of public safety incidents and discover unique characteristics of associated mobility patterns. Our first goal is to understand how first responders' mobility is influenced by a variety of factors, such as transportation, environmental, and operational factors. Our second goal is to determine and recommend a comprehensive set of parameters to characterize first responder mobility at an incident scene. The set of parameters we suggest includes both personnel and event characteristics. We also show the relationship and interaction between them. This set of parameters can subsequently be used in mobility generation tools for simulation studies. Our main contribution is to characterize the mobility pattern for first responders in incident scenes as a mission-specific, environment-aware and event-driven adaptation process. KW - manet KW - mobility AU - Huang, Ying AU - He, Wenbo AU - Nahrstedt, Klara AU - Lee, Whay PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/THS.2008.4534460 ER -