Wireless Sensor Networks for First Responder Systems Yaoyao Zhu, Qiang Wang @ Laboratory Of Networking Group

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Wireless Sensor Networks for First Responder
Systems Yaoyao Zhu, Qiang Wang _at_ Laboratory Of
Networking Group
Experts
First responder
systems are in great demand
by medical emergency assistance
teams, homeland security, relief
efforts, etc. Wireless Sensor Networks are
expected to play an important role in these
first responder systems.
Internet
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Data proxy
Headquarter
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• Sensor nodes are air-dropped to the disaster area
  and self-organized into a network to monitor the
  environment and residents.

National Grid Infrastructure
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• After being alerted to emergencies, first
  responders are dispatched to the field and
• use their PDAs to communicate with the sensors.
• On-site vehicles relay information between first
  responders and their headquarters via satellite.
• Experts at headquarters coordinate the first
  responders activities.

On-site vehicles
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Residents
First responders
Wireless Sensor Networks

• A national grid infrastructure shares the
  information with the rest of the world.

PDA Monitoring