Personal Satellite Services. 5th International ICST Conference, PSATS 2013, Toulouse, France, June 27-28, 2013, Revised Selected Papers

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Airborne Base Stations for Emergency and Temporary Events

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-02762-3_2,
        author={Alvaro Valcarce and Tinku Rasheed and Karina Gomez and Sithamparanathan Kandeepan and Laurent Reynaud and Romain Hermenier and Andrea Munari and Mihael Mohorcic and Miha Smolnikar and Isabelle Bucaille},
        title={Airborne Base Stations for Emergency and Temporary Events},
        proceedings={Personal Satellite Services. 5th International ICST Conference, PSATS 2013, Toulouse, France, June 27-28, 2013, Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={PSATS},
        year={2013},
        month={10},
        keywords={Emergency LTE sensor networks altitude platform},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-319-02762-3_2}
    }
    
  • Alvaro Valcarce
    Tinku Rasheed
    Karina Gomez
    Sithamparanathan Kandeepan
    Laurent Reynaud
    Romain Hermenier
    Andrea Munari
    Mihael Mohorcic
    Miha Smolnikar
    Isabelle Bucaille
    Year: 2013
    Airborne Base Stations for Emergency and Temporary Events
    PSATS
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-02762-3_2
Alvaro Valcarce1,*, Tinku Rasheed2,*, Karina Gomez2,*, Sithamparanathan Kandeepan3,*, Laurent Reynaud4,*, Romain Hermenier5,*, Andrea Munari5,*, Mihael Mohorcic6,*, Miha Smolnikar6,*, Isabelle Bucaille7,*
  • 1: TriaGnoSys GmbH
  • 2: Create-Net
  • 3: RMIT University
  • 4: Orange, Lannion
  • 5: German Aerospace Center
  • 6: Jozef Stefan Institute
  • 7: Thales Communications & Security
*Contact email: alvaro.valcarce@triagnosys.com, tinku.rasheed@create-net.org, karina.gomez@create-net.org, kandeepan.sithamparanathan@rmit.edu.au, laurent.reynaud@orange.com, Romain.Hermenier@dlr.de, Andrea.Munari@dlr.de, miha.mohorcic@ijs.si, miha.smolnikar@ijs.si, isabelle.bucaille@thalesgroup.com

Abstract

This paper introduces a rapidly deployable wireless network based on Low Altitude Platforms and portable land units to support disaster-relief activities, and to extend capacity during temporary mass events. The system integrates an amalgam of radio technologies such as LTE, WLAN and TETRA to provide heterogeneous communications in the deployment location. Cognitive radio is used for autonomous network configuration. Sensor networks monitor the environment in real-time during relief activities and provide distributed spectrum sensing capacities. Finally, remote communications are supported via S-band satellite links.