Kreative Nutzung der verfügbaren Netzwerkinfrastruktur im Katastrophenfall / Creative usage of available network infrastructure in disaster situations

Abstract

In this paper, we examine challenges people face in situations of disrupted network infrastructures and how people use surviving portions of technology to cope with these challenges. Building on the analysis of interviews with crises witnesses and first responders, external reports and scientific literature, we propose and describe five architectural qualities that can increase the resilience of systems for crisis communication in situations of infrastructure breakdowns, and show how they can be implemented on the basis of established technologies in the form of two prototypes that we have developed.