Implementación de un prototipo para el control del cumplimiento de cuarentena de pacientes con covid19 en la ciudad de Quito.

Abstract

This paper details the implementation of an IoT (Internet of Things) communication sensor-node using Sigfox and Arduino technologies in a system developed to control quarantine compliance due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, outbreaks have been recorded worldwide and the discovery of new strains of the virus, forcing world citizens to change their lifestyle, opting for prolonged confinement. This document presents a brief description of LPWAN (Low Power and Wide Area Networks) wireless communications, characteristics of Sigfox technology, operation and operational specifications. Likewise, details of Arduino technology, characteristics of the MEGA development board used for hardware and software design. Data processing in the cloud through web servers, communication with the Sigfox Backend, creation of a virtual instance of AWS (Amazon Web Services), installation and configuration of services from the LAMP server features package (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), database creation and management. The presentation of the data is done through a web page developed in PHP, using the Laravel framework on the Visual Studio Code platform. This IoT solution, which allows the tracking and monitoring of isolated patients with COVID 19, is presented as a functional, low-cost, low-energy alternative that can be implemented quickly and efficiently, with similar or superior results to other existing alternatives such as remote shackles, WiFi systems (Wireless Fidelity) or the cellular network.