Wireless Public Safety Networks Volume 1: Overview and Challenges

Wireless Public Safety Networks, Volume One: Overview and Challenges presents the latest advances in the wireless Public Safety Networks (PSNs) field, the networks established by authorities to either prepare the population for an eminent catastrophe, or as support during crisis and normalization phases.

Maintaining communication capabilities in a disaster scenario is crucial for avoiding loss of lives and damages to property. Wireless Public Safety Networks examines past communication failures that have directly contributed to the loss of lives.

This book will give readers a broad view of the PSNs field, analyzing the benefits PSNs may bring to society, the main challenges related to the establishment and maintenance of these networks, the latest advancements in the field, and future perspectives.

Discusses the ever changing requirements and impact of PSNs in mission critical scenariosAnalyzes the evolving methods required to meet the growing demand of capable public safety networksCovers lessons learned and advances made to wireless communications to help prevent loss of lives and poor practice disaster management

1. Introduction to Public safety networks
2. Communication technologies
3. Existent and future architectures
4. Requirements for PSN interoperability
5. Emergency alert systems
6. Public Safety Scenarios modelling
7. Fast deployable networks
8. Public Safety applications
9. Validation of mission critical networks protocols
10. Emerging standards
11. Spectrum policies and specific legislations
12. Social networks and disaster scenarios
13. Next generation systems
14. Next challenges