Internet of Things (IoT) Enabled Architecture for Social Distancing During Pandemic

Frontiers in Communications and Networks

Shama Siddiqui¹  Anwar Ahmed Khan²  Indrakshi Dey³  Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir⁴ 

[1] Department of Computer Science, DHA Suffa University, Karachi, Pakistan;Department of Computer Science, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan;Trinity College Dublin and National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland;University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, United Kingdom;

关键词: pandemic;    architecture;    IoT;    sensors;    network;    COVID-19;   

DOI  :  10.3389/frcmn.2021.614166

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Social distancing has been regarded as a key method by the authorities worldwide to manage the pandemic of COVID-19. Digital technologies play a crucial role to support the social, professional and economic activities when people are forced to stay locked-down in their homes. Internet of things (IoT) technologies have a track of providing high quality remote health care and automation services which could guarantee social distancing while maintaining health and well-being of populations. In this paper, we propose an end-to-end IoT architecture to support the social distancing in the event of pandemic. The architecture comprises of the major use cases of IoT in relevance with the COVID-19. Furthermore, we also present a short-term and long-term strategy to mange the social distancing methodology using the proposed IoT architecture. The challenges associated with each layer of architecture have been highlighted and design guidelines have been presented to deal with them.

【 授权许可】

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