UAV computing-assisted search and rescue mission framework for disaster and harsh environment mitigation
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2022
Abstract
Disasters are crisis circumstances that put human life in jeopardy. During disasters, public communication infrastructure is particularly damaged, obstructing Search And Rescue (SAR) efforts, and it takes significant time and effort to re-establish functioning communication infrastructure. SAR is a critical component of mitigating human and environmental risks in disasters and harsh environments. As a result, there is an urgent need to construct communication networks swiftly to help SAR efforts exchange emergency data. UAV technology has the potential to provide key solutions to mitigate such disaster situations. UAVs can be used to provide an adaptable and reliable emergency communication backbone and to resolve major issues in disasters for SAR operations. In this paper, we evaluate the network performance of UAV-assisted intelligent edge computing to expedite SAR missions and functionality, as this technology can be deployed within a short time and can help to rescue most people during a disaster. We have considered network parameters such as delay, throughput, and traffic sent and received, as well as path loss for the proposed network. It is also demonstrated that with the proposed parameter optimization, network performance improves significantly, eventually leading to far more efficient SAR missions in disasters and harsh environments.
Keywords
UAV computing, Search and rescue, Disaster management, Harsh environments
Divisions
sch_ecs
Funders
Science 596 Foundation Ireland (SFI) (Grant No: SFI/16/RC/3918),Marie Sklodowska-Curie 597 grant - European Regional Development Fund (Grant No: 847577),NCC Laboratory, Department of Electronics Engineering, IIT (BHU), India (Grant No: IS/ST/EC-13-14/02),I-DAPT HUB Foundation, IIT(BHU), India (Grant No: R&D/SA/I-DAPT IIT(BHU)/ECE/21-22/02/290)
Publication Title
Drones
Volume
6
Issue
7
Publisher
MDPI
Publisher Location
ST ALBAN-ANLAGE 66, CH-4052 BASEL, SWITZERLAND