WebBee: A Platform for Secure Coordination and Communication in Crisis Scenarios

Abstract

Recently, disaster scenarios and terrorist attacks have made apparent some fundamental shortcomings in first responders' conventional coordination infrastructures. For example, unsatisfactory device connectivity, and security vulnerabilities made manifest by devices' inherently mobile nature, have the potential to seriously compromise first responders' effectiveness. To address these shortcomings, we designed and built Webbee, our secure coordination and communication infrastructure. In this article, we will take a high-level look at Webbee's architecture, and examine some interesting, non-trivial sample applications we have deployed on top of it.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 16, 2008
Accession Number
ADA500493

Entities

People

  • Jignesh Patel
  • Liming Wang
  • Morley Mao
  • Sarit Mukherjee
  • Sugih Jamin

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Agreements
  • Cellular Networks
  • Communication Channels
  • Contracts
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Disasters
  • First Responders
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Infrastructure
  • Mathematics
  • Mobile Devices
  • Mobile Phones
  • Networks
  • Security
  • Students

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Strategic Security Studies