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VEPMR
System

meeting
point

hot zone

ACP

medical
personnel

mobile
agent

AMP

victim

emergency zone

Fig. 3. Emergency scene and VEPMRE retrieval scheme

4.4.3 Implementation
An implementation has been developed as a proof of concept. A Nokia n810 touch
screen-based mobile device with a MAEMO Linux distribution has been used as a hard-
ware platform. The programming language used is Java with the JADE Framework [3]
as agent platform, together with its FIPA-compliant mobility services [7].
IEEE 802.11g has been used as a network interface. When a device leaves the AMP
or ACP, a TTR value is added as can be seen on the left side of Figure 4. When a
first responder finds the identity of the victim, it can be introduced in the system and a
VEPMRE request is sent (figure 4B). At this moment a mobile agent is created contain-
ing the identity of the victim. The mobile agents tries to move from platform to platform
following the TTR routing protocol until it reaches the AMP or ACP.

Fig. 4. Implementation screenshots