Title: Realtime soldier's health monitoring system incorporating low power LoRa communication

Authors: Bhargav Jethwa; Milit Panchasara; Abhi Zanzarukiya; Rutu Parekh

Addresses: VLSI and Embedded System Group, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382007, India ' VLSI and Embedded System Group, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382007, India ' VLSI and Embedded System Group, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382007, India ' VLSI and Embedded System Group, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382007, India

Abstract: In this paper, we have implemented a low-cost embedded system developed for soldier's assistance. The system consists of interconnected body sensor networks for real-time health monitoring and environmental analysis of the soldier and the communication is done with the base station using long range (LoRa) module. The data collected from each sensor is processed using a robust and steady algorithm to decide the health and environmental conditions of the soldier. The health status is further classified into healthy, wounded or dead. All the collected data along with the obtained results about the soldier's health condition are then encrypted and transmitted to the base station securely. The system uses only 3.2 Wh energy making it energy efficient to extend the operational time. The information can be transmitted up to 700 metres at 2400 baud rate and could be increased further by reducing the baud rate.

Keywords: LoRa; long range; BSN; body sensor network; ECG; electrocardiography; IMU; inertial measurement unit; NMEA; National Marine Electronics Association; WBASN; wireless body area sensor network; AES encryption; signal processing.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSNET.2021.114743

International Journal of Sensor Networks, 2021 Vol.35 No.4, pp.221 - 229

Received: 01 Aug 2020
Accepted: 04 Aug 2020
Published online: 04 May 2021 *

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