Impact of Bushfire Dynamics on the Performance of MANETs

Arsalaan, Ameer Shakayb, Nguyen, Hung and Mah Rukh, Fida ORCID: 0000-0001-7660-1150 (2021) Impact of Bushfire Dynamics on the Performance of MANETs. In: 2021 16th Annual Conference on Wireless On-demand Network Systems and Services Conference (WONS). IEEE, pp. 1-4. ISBN 9783903176355

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Abstract

In emergency situations like recent Australian bushfires, it is crucial for civilians and firefighters to receive critical information such as escape routes and safe sheltering points with guarantees on information quality attributes. Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs) can provide communications in bushfire when fixed infrastructure is destroyed and not available. Current MANET solutions, however, are mostly tested under static bushfire scenario. In this work, we investigate the impact of a realistic dynamic bushfire in a dry eucalypt forest with a shrubby understory, on the performance of data delivery solutions in a MANET. Simulation results show a significant degradation in the performance of state-of-the-art MANET quality of information solution. Other than frequent source handovers and reduced user usability, packet arrival latency increases by more than double in the 1st quartile with a median drop of 74.5% in the overall packet delivery ratio. It is therefore crucial for MANET solutions to be thoroughly evaluated under realistic dynamic bushfire scenarios.

Item Type:	Book Section
Article Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	QoI; MANETs: Bushfire Communications
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science T Technology > T Technology (General)
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Business, Computing and Social Sciences
Research Priority Areas:	Applied Business & Technology
Depositing User:	Mah Rukh
Date Deposited:	26 Aug 2022 13:12
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2023 13:03
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/11378

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