Collab-SAR: A collaborative avalanche search-and-rescue missions exploiting hostile alpine networks

Every year, Alpine experiences a considerable number of avalanches causing danger to visitor and saviors, where most of the existing techniques to mitigate the number of fatalities in such hostile environments are based on a non-collaborative approach and is time- and effort-inefficient. A recently...

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Main Authors:	Rahman, Md. Arafatur, Azad, Saiful, A. Taufiq, Asyhari, Bhuiyan, Md Zakirul Alam, Anwar, Khoirul
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Language:	English
Published:	IEEE 2018
Subjects:	QA76 Computer software
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spelling	ump-229582018-12-05T01:53:20Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22958/ Collab-SAR: A collaborative avalanche search-and-rescue missions exploiting hostile alpine networks Rahman, Md. Arafatur Azad, Saiful A. Taufiq, Asyhari Bhuiyan, Md Zakirul Alam Anwar, Khoirul QA76 Computer software Every year, Alpine experiences a considerable number of avalanches causing danger to visitor and saviors, where most of the existing techniques to mitigate the number of fatalities in such hostile environments are based on a non-collaborative approach and is time- and effort-inefficient. A recently completed European project on Smart collaboration between Humans and ground-aErial Robots for imProving rescuing activities in Alpine environments (SHERPA) has proposed a novel collaborative approach to improve the rescuing activities. To be an integral part of the SHERPA framework, this paper considers deployment of an air-ground collaborative wireless network (AGCWN) to support search and rescue (SAR) missions in hostile alpine environments. We propose a network infrastructure for such challenging environments by considering the available network components, hostility of the environments, scenarios, and requirements. The proposed infrastructure also considers two degrees of quality of service, in terms of high throughput and long coverage range, to enable timely delivery of videos and images of the long patrolled area, which is the key in any searching and rescuing mission. We also incorporate a probabilistic search technique, which is suitable for collaborative search assuming AGCWN infrastructure for sharing information. The effectiveness of the proposed infrastructure and collaborative search technique, referred to as Collab-SAR, is demonstrated via a series of computer simulations. The results confirm the effectiveness of the proposal. IEEE 2018 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22958/1/Collab-SAR-%20A%20collaborative%20avalanche%20search-and-rescue%20missions%20exploiting%20hostile%20alpine%20networks.pdf Rahman, Md. Arafatur and Azad, Saiful and A. Taufiq, Asyhari and Bhuiyan, Md Zakirul Alam and Anwar, Khoirul (2018) Collab-SAR: A collaborative avalanche search-and-rescue missions exploiting hostile alpine networks. IEEE Access, 6. pp. 42094-42107. ISSN 2169-3536 https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2848366 DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2848366
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spellingShingle	QA76 Computer software Rahman, Md. Arafatur Azad, Saiful A. Taufiq, Asyhari Bhuiyan, Md Zakirul Alam Anwar, Khoirul Collab-SAR: A collaborative avalanche search-and-rescue missions exploiting hostile alpine networks
description	Every year, Alpine experiences a considerable number of avalanches causing danger to visitor and saviors, where most of the existing techniques to mitigate the number of fatalities in such hostile environments are based on a non-collaborative approach and is time- and effort-inefficient. A recently completed European project on Smart collaboration between Humans and ground-aErial Robots for imProving rescuing activities in Alpine environments (SHERPA) has proposed a novel collaborative approach to improve the rescuing activities. To be an integral part of the SHERPA framework, this paper considers deployment of an air-ground collaborative wireless network (AGCWN) to support search and rescue (SAR) missions in hostile alpine environments. We propose a network infrastructure for such challenging environments by considering the available network components, hostility of the environments, scenarios, and requirements. The proposed infrastructure also considers two degrees of quality of service, in terms of high throughput and long coverage range, to enable timely delivery of videos and images of the long patrolled area, which is the key in any searching and rescuing mission. We also incorporate a probabilistic search technique, which is suitable for collaborative search assuming AGCWN infrastructure for sharing information. The effectiveness of the proposed infrastructure and collaborative search technique, referred to as Collab-SAR, is demonstrated via a series of computer simulations. The results confirm the effectiveness of the proposal.
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author	Rahman, Md. Arafatur Azad, Saiful A. Taufiq, Asyhari Bhuiyan, Md Zakirul Alam Anwar, Khoirul
author_facet	Rahman, Md. Arafatur Azad, Saiful A. Taufiq, Asyhari Bhuiyan, Md Zakirul Alam Anwar, Khoirul
author_sort	Rahman, Md. Arafatur
title	Collab-SAR: A collaborative avalanche search-and-rescue missions exploiting hostile alpine networks
title_short	Collab-SAR: A collaborative avalanche search-and-rescue missions exploiting hostile alpine networks
title_full	Collab-SAR: A collaborative avalanche search-and-rescue missions exploiting hostile alpine networks
title_fullStr	Collab-SAR: A collaborative avalanche search-and-rescue missions exploiting hostile alpine networks
title_full_unstemmed	Collab-SAR: A collaborative avalanche search-and-rescue missions exploiting hostile alpine networks
title_sort	collab-sar: a collaborative avalanche search-and-rescue missions exploiting hostile alpine networks
publisher	IEEE
publishDate	2018
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