2nd International ICST Conference on Mobile Multimedia Communications

Research Article

SHARE: supporting large-scale rescue operations with communication and information services over mobile networks

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1145/1374296.1374347,
        author={Jobst L\o{}ffler and Jochen Schon and Joachim K\o{}hler},
        title={SHARE: supporting large-scale rescue operations with communication and information services over mobile networks},
        proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Mobile Multimedia Communications},
        publisher={ACM},
        proceedings_a={MOBIMEDIA},
        year={2006},
        month={9},
        keywords={Mobile data services rescue operations automatic multimedia annotation mobile networks WiMAX WLAN UMTS.},
        doi={10.1145/1374296.1374347}
    }
    
  • Jobst Löffler
    Jochen Schon
    Joachim Köhler
    Year: 2006
    SHARE: supporting large-scale rescue operations with communication and information services over mobile networks
    MOBIMEDIA
    ACM
    DOI: 10.1145/1374296.1374347
Jobst Löffler1,*, Jochen Schon1,*, Joachim Köhler1,*
  • 1: Fraunhofer IAIS, Sankt Augustin, Germany
*Contact email: jobst.loeffler@iais.fraunhofer.de, jochen.schon@iais.fraunhofer.de, joachim.koehler@iais.fraunhofer.de

Abstract

This paper presents the EU project SHARE which is developing a mobile service architecture to support large-scale rescue operations with multimedia communication and information services. The task of planning and controlling large-scale rescue operations requires flexible and robust tools which help the rescue forces to do their search and rescue work with maximum efficiency. Today the main channels of communication are analog radio and paper text forms. The SHARE system introduces an advanced multimedia communication and information system to the highly mobile working environment which supports well established command hierarchies of the rescue organizations. Different operation scenarios for mobile networks using WiMAX, WLAN or UMTS are discussed regarding their usability for large-scale rescue operations.