Re: [gaia] disaster relief communication

[Dan Bateyko <[e-mail]>]

Hi all,

Question inspired by this thread:  Could anyone point me to an example of
ICT for disaster relief becoming the de facto infrastructure in a region
post-crisis? Wondering if there's a "Shock Doctrine" for telecommunication.

As ever,
Dan

On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 9:44 AM, Arzak Khan <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
>
> We at Internet Policy Observatory Pakistan are running an initiative
> called TOPS (Tactical Operations) activated during disasters across
> Pakistan. Basically our tactical operations provide the following:
>
>
>
>    - 1) Tactical Operations team uses portable satellite communications
>    equipment to provide voice and data communications for aid workers who rely
>    on these tools to coordinate logistics and deliver lifesaving supplies.
>    - 2) Provide vital ICT Support (Internet, Telephone, Sat-phone and
>    E-mail) to first responders and relief organizations.
>    - 3) Establish multiple communications center equipped with internet,
>    phone and radio capabilities. In addition, iPOP tactical operations team
>    also provides free phone calls to people living in temporary camps and
>    shelters.
>    - 4) Establish dedicated communication center for women enabling them
>    to communication and reconnect them with displaced family members.
>
>
> We have been working jointly with Provincial Disaster Management
> Authorities on various missions during floods, earthquake and other man
> made disasters. You can learn more about it http://ipop.org.pk/
> initiatives/tops/
>
> <http://ipop.org.pk/initiatives/tops/>
> Internet Policy Observatory Pakistan | iPOP Tactical ...
> <http://ipop.org.pk/initiatives/tops/>
> ipop.org.pk
> Internet Policy Observatory Pakistan tactical operations team can
> establish satellite based communications system so government agencies,
> humanitarian organizations ...
>
>
> I would be happy to share further insight in to out planning and
> deployment if needed.
>
>
> Best,
>
>
> Arzak Khan
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* gaia <[e-mail]> on behalf of Kurtis Heimerl <
> [e-mail]>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 3, 2017 6:14 PM
> *To:* Rex Buddenberg
> *Cc:* gaia; Steve Song; Arjuna Sathiaseelan
> *Subject:* Re: [gaia] disaster relief communication
>
> I want to support Steve's request here; as someone who has dabbled in
> Disaster Relief it feels like there's an opportunity to do impactful work
> in the space but I don't know of any good places to get grounded in the
> current state of the art. Can we have any part of the upcoming GAIA meeting
> be focused on exploring this topic? Any domain experts in Singapore we can
> invite?
>
> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 11:04 AM, Rex Buddenberg <[e-mail]>
> wrote:
>
>> Suggest that there are two (at least) genres that need to be merged --
>> treated together.  Emergency services (reach to fire/ ambulance/
>> police/ ...) is the other genre.  In a disaster, expect a push to build
>> out both.
>>
>> Emergency services communications is one of the bastions of non-IP
>> technologies.  P25 is an example of a protocol heavily pushed by
>> various emergency services agencies. But it's non-routable.  Much of
>> the development has been colored by the perceived need to jam whatever
>> comms link is concocted into the narrowband Land Mobile Radio channels
>> (25kHz and less).
>>
>> The economics is that the two genres end up costing twice for the
>> infrastructure.  This is true both for permanent infrastructure and
>> quick-build into disaster areas.
>>
>> Warning: this is an area of acrimonious debate, often sadly lacking in
>> facts.  But it is a debate that needs to be joined.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 2017-10-03 at 17:40 +0100, Arjuna Sathiaseelan wrote:
>> > Hello Steve,
>> >
>> > the IEEE global humanitarian technology conference is a good venue to
>> > look at for the latest research/deployment experience papers:
>> >
>> > last year: http://sites.ieee.org/ghtc/event-2016/call-for-papers-2016
>> > /
>> >
>> >
>> > this looks like a good journal to keep an eye on when the papers get
>> > published: http://ieeeaccess.ieee.org/special-sections-closed/mission
>> > -critical-public-safety-communications-architectures-enabling-
>> > technologies-future-applications/
>> > regards
>> >
>> > a decent survey paper:
>> > http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/87438/5/Survey_of_wireless_communicati
>> > on_technologies_for_public_safety.pdf
>> >
>> > regards
>> >
>> > On 3 October 2017 at 17:25, Steve Song <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Hi all,
>> > >
>> > > Are there any particularly good web resources and/or academic
>> > > papers that
>> > > profile the range of disaster relief technologies / solutions both
>> > > planned
>> > > and currently in use?
>> > >
>> > > Many thanks... Steve
>> > >
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