MCDM-ECP: Multi Criteria Decision Making Method for Emergency Communication Protocol in Disaster Area Wireless Network
Disaster Area Wireless Networks (DAWNs) are widely deployed in natural or man-made disaster scenes, since the communication infrastructure may be completely destroyed by the disaster. This paper proposes a hybrid network architecture for DAWNs due to the mobility of first responders and refugees. Ba...
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| description | Disaster Area Wireless Networks (DAWNs) are widely deployed in natural or man-made disaster scenes, since the communication infrastructure may be completely destroyed by the disaster. This paper proposes a hybrid network architecture for DAWNs due to the mobility of first responders and refugees. Based on the link characterization of DAWNs, we choose four essential criteria and propose a multi-criteria decision-making method for emergency communication protocol (MCDM-ECP), which utilizes the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method and Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method to find the optimal next-hop node in DAWNs. Routing discovery and routing maintenance processes are included in the novel protocol. The simulation results show that MCDM-ECP performs better than other classical protocols both in energy consumption and packet received rate (PRR) for long-term emergency communications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d3561f60c79441aba1b12a32c246667e2022-12-21T17:17:57ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172018-07-0187116510.3390/app8071165app8071165MCDM-ECP: Multi Criteria Decision Making Method for Emergency Communication Protocol in Disaster Area Wireless NetworkXiaoming Wang0Demin Li1Xiaolu Zhang2Yongsheng Cao3College of Information Science & Technology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, ChinaCollege of Information Science & Technology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, ChinaCollege of Information Science & Technology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, ChinaCollege of Information Science & Technology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, ChinaDisaster Area Wireless Networks (DAWNs) are widely deployed in natural or man-made disaster scenes, since the communication infrastructure may be completely destroyed by the disaster. This paper proposes a hybrid network architecture for DAWNs due to the mobility of first responders and refugees. Based on the link characterization of DAWNs, we choose four essential criteria and propose a multi-criteria decision-making method for emergency communication protocol (MCDM-ECP), which utilizes the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method and Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method to find the optimal next-hop node in DAWNs. Routing discovery and routing maintenance processes are included in the novel protocol. The simulation results show that MCDM-ECP performs better than other classical protocols both in energy consumption and packet received rate (PRR) for long-term emergency communications.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/8/7/1165DAWNsAHPTOPSISMCDM-ECPemergency communication |
| spellingShingle | Xiaoming Wang Demin Li Xiaolu Zhang Yongsheng Cao MCDM-ECP: Multi Criteria Decision Making Method for Emergency Communication Protocol in Disaster Area Wireless Network Applied Sciences DAWNs AHP TOPSIS MCDM-ECP emergency communication |
| title | MCDM-ECP: Multi Criteria Decision Making Method for Emergency Communication Protocol in Disaster Area Wireless Network |
| title_full | MCDM-ECP: Multi Criteria Decision Making Method for Emergency Communication Protocol in Disaster Area Wireless Network |
| title_fullStr | MCDM-ECP: Multi Criteria Decision Making Method for Emergency Communication Protocol in Disaster Area Wireless Network |
| title_full_unstemmed | MCDM-ECP: Multi Criteria Decision Making Method for Emergency Communication Protocol in Disaster Area Wireless Network |
| title_short | MCDM-ECP: Multi Criteria Decision Making Method for Emergency Communication Protocol in Disaster Area Wireless Network |
| title_sort | mcdm ecp multi criteria decision making method for emergency communication protocol in disaster area wireless network |
| topic | DAWNs AHP TOPSIS MCDM-ECP emergency communication |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/8/7/1165 |
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