Disaster response system

摘要

A disaster response system receives location data and status data from participating devices in an area affected by a disaster. The disaster response system provides data to client devices outside the affected area. The data indicate statuses of people within the affected area. Disaster response system also instructs routers to perform actions to adjust bandwidth available for a particular use during and after the disaster.

主权项

1. A method for adjusting bandwidth available for a particular use during and after a disaster, the method comprising:
receiving a disaster profile at a router, the disaster profile specifying Internet Protocol (IP) addresses associated with emergency response personnel; after receiving the disaster profile, receiving a reconfiguration message at the router, the reconfiguration message indicating an occurrence of the disaster in a specified area; and adjusting the bandwidth available for the particular use by modifying data in a routing information base (RIB) of the router based on the disaster profile, wherein adjusting the bandwidth comprises:
after modifying the data in the RIB, generating forwarding rules based on the data in the RIB;receiving a packet at the router after generating the forwarding rules; andapplying the forwarding rules to the packet after receiving the packet, wherein applying the forwarding rules comprises:
determining whether a source address or a destination address of the packet is in the IP addresses associated with the emergency response personnel; andprioritizing the packet after determining that the source address or the destination address of the packet is in the set of addresses associated with the emergency response personnel.