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Chris Lund Schober

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Chris Lund Schober

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D2P DISASTER-TO-PEER

The projects objective is to show the our current inefficiency in extreme case communications. The major fault in the system is the centralized nature of the networks.

Which needs do we have for a emergency communication network?

A fast and reliable communication path.
Overcome infrastructure faults and network saturation.
Locate and monitor nodes.
Fast access of vital information.

How does our solution cover these needs?

Fast spreading of the message through Gossiping algorithms through P2P
"Infecting" remote devices through SMS messages, that would initiate the P2P protocol.
Robust. Since it's not centralized, it's not affect by the SPOF vulnerabilities.
You don't rely on being connected to a network.
It works with multiple connection technologies, being able to communicate in areas where certain bands are saturated.

A P2P communication standard would also cover the needs of first aid assistants. Based on the 6 pillars that a emergency communication system needs: Broadcast, control shift, spatial awareness, resource awareness, resource location and hierarchy maintenance. The last one may be the most surprising, but there is protocols that allow hierarchy in a decentralized P2P network.

Is an immediate implementation viable?

YES.

Intel's Wi-Fi chips implements support for P2P connectivity since 2008.
Android supports it since version 4.0.
LTE implements it as well.
Bluetooth allows P2P through PAN protocol (the former through TCP/IP).

Our smartphones already works for digital identification, already being the ideal hosts for a network of these characteristics.

An soft implementation of this network would be possible to roll out with a simple carrier setting update.

The set of possibilities for such a network are unlimited. The smart use of proximity algorithms, state updates, ... Makes this the ideal network for first respondents.

We are optimistic about the future

We want to emphasize the need of a decentralized standard network, due to the SPOF vulnerabilities of our current networks. And to the possible options a P2P network can bring to technological limited areas.

The importance of developing P2P solutions, lays in alleviating the bandwidth need that are growing each day with the rise of IOT devices.

We hope someday a P2P network will be able to bring life-saving solutions to catastrophic situations where conventional communications doesn't work.

Chris Lund Schober