DARE: Distributed Autonomous and Resilient Emergency Management System

关键基础设施是国家经济、安全和卫生规划的支柱，包括横跨其地理区域相当广泛的资产、系统和网络。在人为或自然灾害对这些基础设施造成潜在破坏的情况下，实施能够处理或预防此类灾难的适当应急管理系统（EMS）至关重要。EMS的一个关键特征是提供态势感知和协调的有效和高效的关键通信平台。然而，目前的EMS通信平台很容易因灾难或由此产生的网络拥塞而丧失能力或被摧毁。此外，目前的平台是基于人在环的，需要大量的人力资源和成本来进行监视、准备和紧急情况下的启动。鉴于此，该项目的目标是对一种新的分布式自治和弹性EMS进行高级研究；这里称为DARE。DARE架构将支持EMS的所有阶段，并将建立在三个主要通信平台上，即无线传感器网络（wsn）、自组织网络和未来蜂窝网络（5G及以上）。作为本研究项目的一部分，我们将纳入一个自治的，即自治的，自愈的灾难/网络故障检测机制，以降低与传统的灾难/网络故障检测机制相关的控制信令流量的成本，这些机制需要频繁的网络探测和网络警报。来自萨里大学、格拉斯哥大学、金斯顿大学和马来西亚马来亚大学的研究人员将与Ubitech Ltd、英国电信、西班牙电信和华为等领先的通信和关键解决方案提供商合作，以确保该计划产生最大的影响。

Critical infrastructures serve as the pillars for the nation's economy, security and health programmes and include assets, systems, and networks spanning a significant breadth of the its geographical area. In the event of a potential destruction to these infrastructures by either man-made or natural disasters, it is of paramount importance to implement an appropriate emergency management system (EMS) capable of handling or preventing such catastrophes. A key feature in an EMS is an effective and efficient critical communication platform that provides situational awareness and coordination. However, the current communication platforms for EMS are susceptible to being incapacitated or destroyed by the disaster or the network congestion that arise as a result of such disaster. Furthermore, current platforms are human-in-the-loop based, requiring substantial human resources and cost for surveillance, preparation and actuation in case of emergencies. In the light of this, the aim of the project is to conduct advanced research into a new Distributed Autonomous and Resilient EMS; referred here as DARE. The DARE architecture will support all phases of the EMS and will be founded upon three main communication platforms that are Wireless Sensor networks (WSNs), Ad-hoc networks and Future cellular networks (5G and beyond). As part of this research project, we will incorporate an autonomous i.e. self-governed, self-healing disaster/network failure detection mechanism to reduce the cost of control signalling traffic associated with the traditional disaster/network failure detection mechanisms which require frequent network probes and network alarms.Investigators from the University of Surrey, University of Glasgow, Kingston University and the University of Malaya, Malaysia will work with leading communications and critical solutions provider like Ubitech Ltd, BT, Telefonica and Huawei to ensure that maximum impact arises from this program.