Data Agent-Based Volumetric Progress Monitoring over Mobile Ad-Hoc Network in Disaster Management

Post disaster rescue operations are usually undertaken in a severely constrained communication environment, often leading to difficulties in coordination among various machineries. This work proposes an autonomous data agent-based automation of post disaster progress monitoring of volumetric activities over Mobile Ad-hoc NETwork (MANET) by leveraging WiFi Direct communication functionalities. This approach enables efficient and reliable communication among rescue teams, facilitating coordination and information exchange in challenging post disaster scenarios. The proposed work enables a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR)-based volumetric analysis with minimal computing overhead. A mobile application for Android 11 demonstrated the practical applicability of the proposed system.