Research Article
An Ultra-Wide Band Based Ad Hoc Networking Scheme for Personnel Tracking in Emergencies
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2561, author={Liang Xia and Anthony Lo and Ignas Niemegeers and Tim Baug\^{e}}, title={An Ultra-Wide Band Based Ad Hoc Networking Scheme for Personnel Tracking in Emergencies}, proceedings={1st International ICST Workshop on Mobile and Distributed Approaches in Emergency Scenarios}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={MODIES}, year={2008}, month={7}, keywords={ultra-wide band; ad hoc; tracking; routing; indoor; emergencies}, doi={10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2561} }- Liang Xia
Anthony Lo
Ignas Niemegeers
Tim Baugé
Year: 2008
An Ultra-Wide Band Based Ad Hoc Networking Scheme for Personnel Tracking in Emergencies
MODIES
IEEE
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2561
Abstract
This paper describes an ultra wideband (UWB) based ad hoc networking scheme which enables a control center to track all emergency personnel deployed in buildings in an incident area, and also enables communication of other types of data directed from emergency personnel, including status information and alarm in particular. In this network, GPSenabled vehicles form a coordination reference framework. They also serve as egress points to collect data generated by emergency personnel. Additional dropped terminals are used to expand the network coverage. A Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) based medium access protocol is used by terminals to access the radio channel. An anycast routing protocol is proposed and designed. This protocol enables each ad hoc device attached to emergency personnel to discover a communication path to one of the egress points. The network management related information is included in packet headers. Thus terminals can select free time slots and construct routes by overhearing neighbor’s transmissions. Taking the advantage of the periodically nature of position calculation and reporting, each terminal is maintained with up-to-date network status.