Disaster Management Using D2D Communication With Power Transfer and Clustering Techniques

This chapter discusses a disaster communication architecture based on device‐to‐device (D2D) communication. D2D can achieve higher system throughput by taking advantage for short distance, direct communications, and multi‐users diversity. The chapter considers a D2D‐based energy‐harvesting cellular network where the relay and user equipment relay harvest radio frequency energy from a base station and use the harvested energy for the D2D communications. A novel cooperative D2D energy‐harvesting clustering network for disaster management is also developed to enhance performance, reliability, and energy efficiency. The chapter employs user‐cooperation‐based clustering scheme to minimize the average power consumption of user equipments (UEs). It compares the total energy consumption of UE devices in both non‐clustering and clustering‐based D2D communication. A novel concept of power transfer in D2D clustering with user equipment relay and cluster head is proposed to provide a new framework to handle critical and emergency situations.