- Published
- 15 April 2021
- Journal article
Internet of Things (IoT) enabled architecture for social distancing during pandemic
- Authors
- Source
- Frontiers in Communications and Networks
Abstract
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.
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Copyright © 2021 Siddiqui, Shakir, Khan and Dey. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Cite as
Siddiqui, S., Shakir, M., Khan, A. & Dey, I. 2021, 'Internet of Things (IoT) enabled architecture for social distancing during pandemic', Frontiers in Communications and Networks, 2, article no: 614166. https://doi.org/10.3389/frcmn.2021.614166