EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS AND PROTOTYPE DESIGN

• Main Author: Naufal Setiawan, Ardji
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/54044
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Earthquakes are natural disasters with the highest number of fatalities in the last three decades. General communication systems are failing in all forms of extreme conditions so earthquake disaster response communication systems need to be created. Literature studies conducted resulted in the requirements for an earthquake response communuation system in the form of (1) can function immediately after a disaster occurs; (2) can be fully functional for 72 hours after disaster occurs; (3) can distribute data quickly; (4) may cover the largest affected area; (5) easily accessible to anyone; (6) have a large user capacity; and (7) have a low dependence on communication systems and support systems before disasters. Some requirements are contradictory to other requirement so it needs to be created two systems that can meet different requirements, Ad Hoc Communication System that uses P2P architecture and gossip-based protocol and Hybrid Communication System that combines P2P architecture with client/server and IP protocol with Hybrid routing dynamic routing method. Ad Hoc Communication System was tested using literature research method and simulation method. The test results show that the Ad Hoc Communication System is proven to meet the system's requirements to (1) be activated immediately because it uses smartphones for implementation, (2) can distribute data at a speed of 0.356 Mbps which can accommodate the exchange of image files with limited quality, (3) can include the affected area 600 m wide, (4) can be accessed easily by anyone because it is accessible with smartphone devices, (5) has a user capacity of 49.6 users, and (6) has low dependence on communication systems and system supports before the disaster.