Smartphones as helpers during disasters: Software for autonomous smartphone network developed
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - 11:32
in Mathematics & Economics
Scientists have developed software, with which smartphones can automatically and autonomously organize an energy-efficient, ad-hoc network. Rapid organization of such a communications network can be vital in the event of disasters where normal communications infrastructures have been destroyed, since smartphones could then exchange, e.g., environmental-sensor data.