NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

20060002086 National Inst. of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Research and Development of an RFID Based Disaster-relief System
Takizawa, Osamu; Shibayama, Akihiro; Hosokawa, Masafumi; Hisada, Yoshiaki; Journal of the National Institute of
Information and Communications Technology. Special Issue on Information Security, Volume 52, Nos. 1/2; March/June 2005,
pp. 259-277; In English; See also 20060002073; Copyright; Avail.: Other Sources
A portable system for assisting rescue personnel in disaster situations has been developed. The system consists of portable
microwave terminals that function as message readers/writers/carriers and long-range, non-battery RFID tags that are
ubiquitously placed along roadsides and function as information-storage units. Information such as location of refuges and the
safety assessments of damaged buildings is remotely downloaded onto or1 uploaded from the tags by the terminals.
Author
Data Storage; Disasters; Microwaves; Personnel; Rescue Operations; Safety
20060002093 National Inst. of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan
States and Trends of Technologies in the Ad Hoc Networks Applicable to Emergency Communications
Gyoda, Koichi; Journal of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology. Special Issue on
Information Security, Volume 52, Nos. 1/2; March/June 2005, pp. 225-234; In English; See also 20060002073; Copyright;
Avail.: Other Sources
Research on the ad hoc networks, which belongs to the type of autonomous distributed network has been done actively
in recent years. The ad hoc networks have the feature that they only consist of user terminals and have no infrastructures. So,
it is possible to use as a communication means in the emergencies at the time of disaster, etc. where usual telecommunication
infrastructures are damaged. In this paper, the outline of the ad hoc networks is introduced. The present states and trends of
key technologies in the ad hoc networks are also presented. The researches for using an ad hoc network in the emergency
communications are also described.
Author
Computer Networks; Telecommunication; Trends; Autonomy
20060002096 National Inst. of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Ubiquitous Communications Technology for Disaster Mitigation
Takizawa, Osamu; Journal of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology. Special Issue on
Information Security, Volume 52, Nos. 1/2; March/June 2005, pp. 235-258; In English; See also 20060002073; Copyright;
Avail.: Other Sources
Disasters may strike at any time. To remain prepared, it is important to take a practical approach to minimizing damage,
given the available resources. The concept of ‘disaster mitigation’-rather than ‘disaster prevention’-has become established to
describe this approach to policies in anticipation of disasters as well as subsequent rescue and recovery efforts. Unlike the
concept of ‘disaster prevention’, which has become somewhat of a catch-phrase, ‘disaster mitigation’ is focused on the
practical matter of how to respond when disasters do occur. Ubiquitous networks, meanwhile, are now being established for
use in many different contexts, drawing on the increasingly pervasive presence of computers (hence the term ‘ubiquitous’).
Communications technology in an age in which computers are everywhere is thus referred to as ‘ubiquitous communications
technology’. As used below, this phrase carries the added meaning of proven communications technology that can be used
anywhere. Disasters represent one threat to society, and this technology is useful both in preventing and mitigating disaster
damage.
Derived from text
Computers; Disasters; Policies; Telecommunication
20060002097 National Inst. of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan
A Trial of the Interception of Display Image using Emanation of Electromagnetic Wave
Tanaka, Hidema; Yamamura, Akihiro; Takizawa, Osamu; Journal of the National Institute of Information and Communications
Technology. Special Issue on Information Security, Volume 52, Nos. 1/2; March/June 2005, pp. 213-223; In English; See also
20060002073; Copyright; Avail.: Other Sources
This paper describes the experiments and analysis of the interception of personal computer’s display image using
emanation of electromagnetic wave. We used personal computers as the targets and experimented on reconstruction of screen
information under the following equipments and environments; (1) using a near magnetic field probe, (2) using an antenna
from away place, (3) using an injection probe over power supply cable. From the result of (1), we show that the slight
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