Role of Multiagent System on Minimalist Infrastructure for Service Provisioning in Ad-Hoc Networks for Emergencies Juan R. Velasco, Miguel A. L

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Role of Multiagent System on Minimalist
Infrastructure for Service Provisioning in Ad-Hoc
Networks for EmergenciesJuan R. Velasco,
Miguel A. López-Carmona, Marifeli Sedano,
Mercedes Garijo, David Larrabeiti, María Calderón
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Spanish IDi funding
IMPROVISA Project

• Technical University of Madrid, University Carlos
  III of Madrid and University of Alcalá
• Minimalist Infrastructure for the provision of
  services in ad-hoc networks
• Provision of services in scenarios lacking a
  fixed communications infrastructure
• Cooperation of humans and electronic devices
  (computers, sensors/actors, robots, intelligent
  nodes, etc) is paramount.
• Emergency management in catastrophes
• Forest fire
• Terrorist attack
• Earthquake

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Ad-hoc networks
IMPROVISA Project
Volunteer
Ambulance
HOSPITAL
Watch Tower
Fire fighters Team
Civil services
Fire fighters Chief
Fire fighters Team
Police
Emergency
Ambulance
Police
Hospital
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Data lines
Ad-hoc Network
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IMPROVISA main domains
IMPROVISA Project

• Intelligent routing
• Security
• Ad-hoc semantic network
• Multilayer-multipath video distribution

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Intelligent Routing
IMPROVISA Agents

• Sending messages between non-interconnected
  ad-hoc networks

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Security
IMPROVISA Agents

• Ad-hoc networks are more vulnerable than wired
  networks
• Wireless technology
• Open and dynamically changing topology
• Lack of centralized control points
• Special risks in emergency-support scenarios
• Main concerns key distribution and intrusion
  detection
• Traditional centralized approaches not applicable
• Need a highly decentralized, autonomous and
  adaptive solution
• Agent-based security framework (confidentiality,
  authentication...)
• Agent- based cooperative IDS

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An ad-hoc semantic network
IMPROVISA Agents

• Agent-based intelligent level to support an
  ad-hoc semantic network
• Devices that form an ad-hoc network (personal
  devices, car PCs, etc.) need to discover services
• Water level, free beds at hospital, oxygen, etc.
• With one or more UDDIs in the network
• Distributed service location
• With no UDDI
• Agent context knowledge

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Multilayer-multipath video distribution
IMPROVISA Agents

• Video images need to be transmitted
• We will use a multilayer-multipath approach
• Video information is divided in layers
• Not all layers are needed
• Different layers travel through different paths
• Multi-agent systems may be used to support path
  decision

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Conclusions
IMPROVISA Project

• We propose the use of ad-hoc networks, formed by
  personal devices, car PCs and some fixed lines
  to contact external services (hospital, police
  headquarters, etc.)
• Multi-agent systems will be used to provide most
  of the main needs of the project
• Intelligent information routing
• Security
• Service discovery
• Video transmision

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Role of Multiagent System on Minimalist
Infrastructure for Service Provisioning in Ad-Hoc
Networks for EmergenciesMiguel A.
López-Carmonamiguelangel.lopez_at_uah.es