Detection and Communication of Disasters with Space-Air-Ground Integrated Network

The rapid development in the industrial sector has caused severe damage to the environment, which resulted in the occurrence of catastrophic disasters of high magnitude on earth. Moreover, the efforts for providing better early warnings and rescue operations during and after the disasters largely depend on communication protocol utilized for disaster management. Therefore, researchers are working to devise an efficient communication protocol for detection and communication of disasters. The communication protocol must comprise a methodology to transmit images of the disaster site effectively and facilitates communication between disaster site and disaster management centers. Presently, the disaster management is performed using terrestrial networks (using the Internet and mobile networks), space-ground networks (using satellites in different orbits), and air-ground networks (using Un-manned Aerial Vehicle and airships). Besides, the utilization of all devices in space, air, and ground can help to enhance the services for disaster management. In this work, Space-Air-Ground Integrated Network (SAGIN) is proposed to be used for disaster management. Moreover, a framework is proposed for the realization of the enhanced services using Internet Protocol (IP) for the detection and communication of disasters. Also, a comparison with the presently deployed networks is provided for comparison of services provided for disaster management.