Network construction management for emergency communication system SKYMESH in large scale disaster

As emergency communication systems for the large scale disaster, a wireless network using balloons, SKYMESH, was proposed so far. In this paper, a network construction method for SKYMESH is proposed. At first, network construction requirements for SKYMESH are clarified. Based on these requirements, we discuss a node placement method and a network construction method. The proposed network construction method is implemented, and its performance is evaluated by experiments. As a result, the network can be constructed by the proposed method within allowable elapsed time. In addition, interference between links can be suppressed, and high throughput can be achieved in the constructed network.