Working Around Disruptions of Network Infrastructures Mobile Ad-Hoc
As in disasters the availability of information and communication technology services can be severely disrupted, the author explores challenges and opportunities to work around such disruptions. He therefore empirically analyzes how people in disasters us
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Amro Al-Akkad
Working Around Disruptions of Network Infrastructures Mobile Ad-Hoc Systems for Resilient Communication in Disasters
Amro Al-Akkad Sankt Augustin, Germany Dissertation an der RWTH Aachen, 2015
ISBN 978-3-658-12615-5 ISBN 978-3-658-12616-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-658-12616-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016930404
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Abstract The use of information and communication technology services can be constrained in disaster situations, when it is important for affected persons to receive and send up-to-date information on current incidents and their evolution. Previous studies have shown the importance of propagating disaster-relevant information over the World Wide Web. In such situations, users without Internet access find themselves in an “information vacuum” until the network infrastructure is restored. This thesis addresses the exploitation of cell phones in disaster situations which cause the disruption of network infrastructure. The first part of this thesis collects empirical material on how people creatively use remnants of technology to communicate in disasters. The empirical data is drawn from primary and secondary sources: interviews with domain experts and people who have experienced a disaster situation, as well as external reports and scientific literature. Based on this empirical foundation, this work develops a conceptual framework that comprises a collection of quality attributes. When exploiting cell phones to create ad-hoc systems in disaster situations, the implementation of such quality attributes can potentially support the resilience of mobile ad-hoc systems. The second part of this thesis focuses on the iterative design and evaluation of two such mobile a
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