Rural Healthcare IoT Architecture Based on Low-Energy LoRa

Connected health is expected to introduce an improvement in providing healthcare and doctor-patient communication while at the same time reducing cost. Connected health would introduce an even more significant gap between healthcare quality for urban areas with physical proximity and better communic...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2021-07, Vol.18 (14), p.7660
Main Authors: Dimitrievski, Ace, Filiposka, Sonja, Melero, Francisco José, Zdravevski, Eftim, Lameski, Petre, Pires, Ivan Miguel, Garcia, Nuno M., Lousado, José Paulo, Trajkovik, Vladimir
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communication
Dementia
Energy consumption
Energy management
Health care
Internet of medical things
Internet of Things
Medicine
Older people
Population
Power management
Privacy
Rural areas
Sensors
Urban areas
Well being
Wireless networks
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Summary:Connected health is expected to introduce an improvement in providing healthcare and doctor-patient communication while at the same time reducing cost. Connected health would introduce an even more significant gap between healthcare quality for urban areas with physical proximity and better communication to providers and the portion of rural areas with numerous connectivity issues. We identify these challenges using user scenarios and propose LoRa based architecture for addressing these challenges. We focus on the energy management of battery-powered, affordable IoT devices for long-term operation, providing important information about the care receivers’ well-being. Using an external ultra-low-power timer, we extended the battery life in the order of tens of times, compared to relying on low power modes of the microcontroller.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph18147660