An Autonomous Long Range Monitoring System For Emergency Operators

TL;DR

This paper presents an autonomous long-range communication system using Wi-Fi for emergency operators, enabling reliable data transmission and remote monitoring in challenging environments.

Contribution

It introduces a modular Wi-Fi-based LRS infrastructure specifically designed for wearable emergency operator systems, with successful field testing demonstrating high reliability.

Findings

High data exchange reliability in field tests

Effective recovery from temporary disconnections

Suitable for wearable emergency monitoring systems

Abstract

Miniaturization and portability of new electronics lead up to wearable devices embedded within garments: a European program called ProeTEX developed multi-purpose sensors integrated within emergency operators' garments in order to monitor their health state and the surrounding environment. This work deals with the development of an autonomous Long Range communication System (LRS), suitable to transmit data between operators' equipment and the local command post, where remote monitoring software is set up. The LRS infrastructure is based on Wi-Fi protocol and modular architecture. Field tests carried out on the developed prototype showed a high reliability in terms of correctly exchanged data and recovering capabilities in case of temporary disconnection, due to the operator's movements.