Experimental analysis of a WiMAX-satellite network for emergency management in sea areas

Author

Garroppo, Rosario G. ; Giordano, Stefano ; Iacono, Davide ; Cignoni, Alessandro ; Falzarano, Matteo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The paper presents a network scenario for multimedia communications during emergency operations in a sea area. The network scenario is composed by a satellite link and a WiMAX system provided by a main naval unit. The WiMAX system permits the communications between the operators on small units and the main naval unit, where there are both local coordinators and the shared satellite link, used for communications between units on the crisis area and the headquarter. The presented network scenario has been experimentally tested in terms of coverage area offered by the WiMAX system, IP throughput and user level quality of service of VoIP applications.

Keywords

Internet telephony; WiMax; marine communication; multimedia communication; quality of service; satellite communication; IP throughput; VoIP; WiMAX-satellite network; crisis area; emergency management; marine communication; multimedia communications; shared satellite links; user level quality of service; Artificial satellites; Boats; Communication system operations and management; Disaster management; Marine vehicles; Multimedia communication; Satellite broadcasting; Underwater communication; Volcanoes; WiMAX;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks & Workshops, 2009. WoWMoM 2009. IEEE International Symposium on a

Conference_Location

Kos

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4440-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4439-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WOWMOM.2009.5282433

Filename

5282433