Self Power Supplied Micro Wireless Ballooned Network for Disaster Recovery

In this paper, a self power supplied micro wireless ballooned network is proposed to promptly insure communication means to grasp the information with disaster area, resident's safety and relief goods on the occurrence of disaster. By combining multiple ballooned wireless network nodes with solar panel power supply, a large surveillance camera network is organized in the sky on the disaster area and can cover shelters or interrupted communication area as urgent communication means. The system configuration and its function are described. A prototype system is constructed to evaluate its function and performance through several disaster application such as omni-directional video surveillance system.