Disaster-Resilient Messaging Using Dew Computing

The speed of information transmission in our modern day and age requires us to stay connected more than ever. With seemingly endless forms of communication, our primary digital methods of email, telephony, and message services are not without vulnerabilities. Disaster can happen at any time, whether it be man-made or natural. Often, disaster results in the loss of electrical power, internet or telecommunication infrastructures. There currently exist several emergency communication protocols and many others in development but even they have their limitations and may not function under all circumstances. With this we propose incorporating the principles of dew computing to build a reliable, stable, and resilient mobile messaging application that increases the rate of successful transmissions. This paper explores dew computing’s concepts of Independence and web service Collaboration by developing an application-level routing protocol we call Spatial-Temporal Connection (STC). By storing and relaying messages from both the primary mobile device and any neighboring devices, STC provides an alternate approach to staying connected when client-server network infrastructure breaks down.