TTS System for Coal Miners in MANET Based Disaster Management System

Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs) are self organized networks built up for moving objects. Logistic difficulties, economic issues, technology limitations make simulation the mean of choice in the validation of networking protocols for MANETs. It is quite interesting to bring down complexities of MANETs in realization of their characteristics both in simulation as well as real-time implementation by defining MANET for coal miners tracking applications within the geographic scenario specified. Wired-cum-wireless technology with mobility in network layer is used to achieve the desired goals of tracking and monitoring coal miners. The controlling station situated on the surface of the earth controls and monitors the activities of all the miners using the Text-To-Speech (TTS) system with different windows at a same time in their local language during disaster conditions. The motion of miners is monitored across a predefined geographical area and network capability of up to 15 miners. The focus is not only to track the miners, but also to establish an efficient disaster management system, in order to safeguard the lives of miners. The design of a prototype considering a base station and fifteen nodes (15 miners) is achieved. This paper gives a comprehensive introduction to state-of-the-art TTS synthesis application to disaster management system using sensor MANET.