A Raspberry Pi Based Scalable Software Defined Network Infrastructure for Disaster Relief Communication

Disasters, both natural and man-made, can occur at any time or place in the world; aid is then required to support the victims of the disaster and to provide humanitarian support within the disaster zone. The first 24-48 hours after a disaster are a critical time for first responders in administerin...

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Published in2017 IEEE 5th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud) pp. 265 - 271
Main Authors Austin, Ron, Bull, Peter, Buffery, Shaun
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.08.2017
Subjects
Cloud computing
Containers
Disaster Zone
Docker
Network topology
Raspberry Pi
Relief
Software Defined Networks
Switches
Topology
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Summary:Disasters, both natural and man-made, can occur at any time or place in the world; aid is then required to support the victims of the disaster and to provide humanitarian support within the disaster zone. The first 24-48 hours after a disaster are a critical time for first responders in administering aid to the victims. This is known as the golden 24 hours [1] where 85% to 95% of live rescues are made. To support this effort, a rapidly deployable, scalable, and low cost communication infrastructure is required. This paper proposes the use of low-cost Single Board Computers, in combination with scalable containerised network services (e.g. VOIP, Web Services, etc.), utilising Software Defined Network based control to allow the centralised management of devices. A Raspberry Pi based prototype setup is detailed, and initial performance tests are presented as a means of confirming the technological viability of the concept under a number of different topology configurations.
DOI:10.1109/FiCloud.2017.25