A novel communication system for firefighters using audio/video conferencing/sub-conferencing in standalone MANETs

As of today's current communication system, all Fire Fighters (FFs) use the simplex Radio Frequency (RF) system (walkie-talkie) to communicate with each other. Serious problems and injuries can occur because of the current communications system; so far, very little attention has been dedicated...

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Published in2013 5th International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology pp. 89 - 98
Main Authors Aloqaily, M., Otoum, S., Mouftah, H. T.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.03.2013
Subjects
Ad hoc networks
clustering
Computer architecture
conferencing/sub-conferencing
Media
Mixers
mobile ad hoc networks
Mobile computing
Multimedia communication
Radio frequency
signaling
SIP
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Summary:As of today's current communication system, all Fire Fighters (FFs) use the simplex Radio Frequency (RF) system (walkie-talkie) to communicate with each other. Serious problems and injuries can occur because of the current communications system; so far, very little attention has been dedicated to solve these problems. Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs) are infrastructure-less and self-organized wireless networks. MANETs are suitable for the hosting of a wide range of applications in emergency situations, such as natural or human-induced disasters, and military and commercial settings. This paper focuses on building a new communication system for FFs and provides them with new functions on the fire ground, e.g. conferencing audio and video. The limitations of the current communication system are determined, and the requirements are derived. A cluster-based signaling architecture supporting Audio/Video Conferencing/Sub-conferencing has been proposed. The proposed architecture implementation using SIP is also presented along with the performance evaluation.
DOI:10.1109/CSIT.2013.6588764