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Secure Communication System for Emergency Services in Network Congestion Scenarios

Authors:
Alexandra Rivero-García
Iván Santos-González
Candelaria Hernández-Goya
Pino Caballero-Gil

Keywords: Keywords–Identity Based Signcryption (IBSC); mHealth; Mobile devices; Android; Communications

Abstract:
Every day different events, with different risk levels, take place in cities. Emergency services are responsible for the safety of citizens and communication between emergency staff is one of the main requirements for their correct coordination and operation. A problem arises when large numbers of people are located in a particular area, it could produce saturation in traditional network infrastructures. This paper presents a lowcost model of communication to be used in these scenarios. The communication system described includes an ID-Based Signcryption scheme (IBSC) that works considering the location and the public identification of emergency service workers in order to provide integrity, confidentiality, authentication and nonrepudiation in a single step and in an efficient way

Pages: 54 to 57

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2018

Publication date: March 25, 2018

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3956

ISBN: 978-1-61208-615-6

Location: Rome, Italy

Dates: from March 25, 2018 to March 29, 2018