ICT for Disaster Management including Movable and Deployable ICT Resource Unit (MDRU)

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1 ICT for Disaster Management including Movable and Deployable ICT Resource Unit (MDRU) 22 May, 2018 Hideo IMANAKA Vice-Rapporteur of ITU-D SG2 Q5 NTT, Japan

2 Introduction Many disasters in the world eg. Great East Japan Earthquake in March of 2011 In disaster areas, no network resources were available soon after the disaster other than the cellular network. Many victims couldn t use even mobile phones due to congestion in cellular network. Lessons learned that disasters render it impossible to provide basic ICT services. Importance of ICT for disaster management Movable and Deployable ICT Resource Unit (MDRU) Instant provision of local ICT services in disaster areas Flexible configurations for adapting to demand changes 1

3 ICT for disaster management ICT plays an important role in any phases of disaster management ICT for disaster management consists of disaster relief and network resilience and recover. Preparedness (Before Disaster) Disaster During disaster Disaster recovery Disaster detection Emergency alert Early warning SNS analysis Disaster relief Hazard map Environment monitoring Evacuation assistance Safety confirmation Healthcare Network resilience Emergency telecommunication Telecommunication in disaster area Network resilience and recover Network restoration 2

4 Communication needs Telecom need in disaster Emergency recovery period: Real time communication demand increases explosively because of need to confirm status. Tentative recovery period: Data communication demand increases because of information gathering by local governments and enterprises. Emergency recovery Tentative recovery period period Change in real-time communication(telephone) Explosively increased soon after disaster occurs Disaster Provide minimum service in disaster area Use duration of resource unit Change of communication for official and business activities Data communication increases because of disaster recovery and business recovery 2 ~ 3 days 1 week ~ 1 year Time Copyright 2014 NTT corp. All Rights Reserved. 3

5 MDRU in disaster area When any telecommunication ways are not available, MDRU provides users local (internal) phone call by WiFi connection with ordinal telephone numbers. If MDRU connects outside telecommunication lines, users can call outside and internet access. Application example : Communication between staff and evacuees at the local relief base, disaster site, disaster headquarters Outside Local relief base Local Disaster site Disaster headquarters Internal call Satellite telephone network Staff Internal call Staff Staff Telephone network Modular jack (RJ-11) MDRU Evacuee Calls to outside 4

6 Types of MDRU Container type Rack mount type Automobile type Portable type IP-PBX WiFi Access point VoIP adapter Battery 5

7 Activities in ITU related to MDRU ITU project of MDRU feasibility study in Philippines from 2014 to 2015 Cebu Island San Remigio Municipal damaged area In ITU-T Recommendation L.392: Disaster management for improving network resilience and recovery with movable and deployable information and communication technology (ICT) resource units During WSIS-17, MIC announced Japan provides three sets of MDRU to ITU. ITU will bring up them to disaster affected countries with Satellite mobile phones when disaster occurs in the world. 6

8 Actual use case of MDRU at 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes ICT unit with NICT s vehicle-mounted satellite base station Internet-access service Residents using the Internet to collect information in a shared space Voice call service ICT unit with Docomo s satellite-based mobile phones Staff member using his smartphone to make a call via satellite at his desk 7

9 MDRU with mobile satellite phone in Kumamoto 2016 Several smartphones can be used to multiple mobile satellite phones Satellite Mobile satellite phone Data communication Internal calls Directory phone/internet connection from affected area to outside via satellite Internet Mobile / Fixed telecom network Adapters Outgoing call Attaché case MDRU HUB Smartphones Incoming call Cell Phones Fixed Phones VoIP GW More wideband than one satellite circuit Potable IP-PBX Disaster affected area (Takamori city office) Wi-Fi AP Officers could use own smartphone from any location in the city office. 8

10 Summary Lessons learned from the Grate east Japan earthquake Wide variety of ICT solutions in disaster management such as emergency alerting, evacuation guidance, safety confirmation and disaster prevention. MDRU (Movable and Deployable ICT Resource Unit) Instant provision of local ICT services, such as telephone calls Suits not only disaster situations but also normal situations, such as rural areas and event sites. Future work Capacity building and emergency drills using MDRU Cooperation with other ICTs such as WiFi adhoc network and safety conformation 9

11 End Thank you for your kind attention. Acknowledgement: A part of the work in this paper is from the R&D on the reconfigurable communication resource unit for disaster recovery, and Research and development of Movable ICT Units for emergency transportation into disaster-affected areas and multi-unit connection, both supported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan. This work was supported by Council for Science, Technology and Innovation(CSTI), Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP), Enhancement of societal resiliency against natural disasters (Funding agency:jst). 10

12 ITU and APT work on disaster management systems ITU work 1) ITU-D SG2 Question 5, utilization of telecommunications/ict for disaster risk reduction and management, Report on ICT experiences and best practices in disaster mitigation and relief, and Emergency communication checklist were published in UN 6 languages in Early Warning system and disaster management drills are the urgent target of study period by utilizing workshops 2) ITU-T works on Technical Recommendations SG2) ITU-T E.119, Safety confirmation, and E.108, disaster relief mobile message service, SG15) ITU-T L.392, MDRU, and L.Sup35, report on framework of disaster management for network resilience and recovery SG16) ITU-T H.785.0, Digital signage: Requirements of disaster information services, ASTAP (APT) work EG-DRMRS, Disaster Risk Management and Relief Systems, studies Vehicle HUB for emergency telecommunications, and case studied and guidelines for potable or movable emergency telecommunication systems in APT region. 11