Requirements for quick network construction mechanisms for the on-site emergency rescue activity

Abstract

When a disaster happens in an area where people live in and there are victims at there, a rescue team is organized and sent to save the victims. Traditionally, the rescue parties run a risk of their own lives to save them. We believe that recent progress of robotics technologies and networking technologies can help the situation. We propose the idea of the autonomous network construction system and the remote investigation system of the disaster area by robots. In this paper, we propose a new research area for the dynamically extended and autonomously maintained network by robots. We define the disaster situation assumed in this area and state the requirements to realize the solution for the new kind of network. 1