A Solar-Powered and Multi-Tiered Mesh Node for a Portable in Situ Emergency Response System
The aftermath of a natural disaster is typically characterized by lack of a reliable medium for dissemination of information to survivors.
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I. INTRODUCTION With natural disasters and other calamities on the rise in recent years, there is a growing need for a reliable post-disaster communication infrastructure to provide survivors with emergency relief information. Disasters such as earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, snow storms, and floods claim the lives of thousands of people (and rising) in the United States every year [11]. The majority of these casualties reportedly occur after the disaster has taken place [61], many of which could be avoided with an appropriate emergency response system in place to provide survivors with…
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