Title :
A depopulation embedded system model in urban environments
Author :
Brown, C.W. ; Nyarko, Kofi ; Karimou, D. ; Saliah-Hassane, Hamadou
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Sci. Inf. Arts & Technol., Univ. of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
The threat of terrorism is a constant reminder of the significance of developing effective strategies to safeguard the population. This is particularly important in large, densely populated areas, which can often be the primary targets of a terrorist attack. In such a situation, the implementation of a depopulation plan becomes very challenging to manage. This paper explores one possible method of addressing rapid evacuation of densely populated urban environments in response to a terrorist threat through an in-vehicle embedded system model. The objective of the model is to determine feasible technologies that enable mobile ad-hoc mesh communication to safely depopulate an urban area.
Keywords :
emergency management; mobile ad hoc networks; national security; public administration; terrorism; town and country planning; densely populated urban environment; depopulation embedded system model; depopulation plan; in-vehicle embedded system model; large densely populated area; mobile ad-hoc mesh communication; population safeguard; rapid evacuation; terrorism threat; terrorist attack primary target; terrorist threat; urban area depopulation; Ad hoc networks; Embedded systems; Mobile communication; Sensors; Servers; Terrorism; Vehicles; GPS; cooperative system; data acquisition; depopulation; embedded system; homeland security;
Conference_Titel :
Homeland Security (HST), 2012 IEEE Conference on Technologies for
Conference_Location :
Waltham, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2708-4
DOI :
10.1109/THS.2012.6459896