Implementation of Personnel Localization & Automation Network (PLAN) Using Internet of Things (IoT)

Abstract

Abstract Personnel Localization and Automation Network (PLAN) is a system to monitor humans or object and gather information on location positioning in indoor and outdoor environments. Positioning an human in an indoor environment and retrieving the location can be achieved with the technologies like Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), Wi-Fi communication technology, Long RAnge (LoRA) and Ultra Wide Band (UWB). Outdoor positioning system obtains the location information in form of latitude and longitude coordinates with the technologies like GPS and GSM. The technology used in indoor and outdoor positioning estimates the location of the human with sensing devices (sensors). The sensors are based on the firmware which communicates to the technology using protocols. Bluetooth technology achieves positioning with bluetooth enabled beacons like esp32, puck js and phones. Wi-Fi based positioning is achieved with wireless sensors like esp8266 (NodeMCU), Wi-Fi Bee. LoRA technology estimates the location with CentIoT - RFM95W-868S2 RFM95 LoRA ultra long range transceiver module. UWB technology locates the human with DWM1000 module. The indoor positioning technologies - BLE, Wi-Fi, LoRA and UWB obtain the indoor location of an human in form of Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) values. The outdoor positioning of an human is achieved with the technologies like GPS and GSM obtains the latitude and longitude information with GPS devices like Adafruit Flora GPS and Wio GPS Tracker. Implementation of Personnel Localization & Automation Network (PLAN) using Internet of Things (IoT) emphasis on the procedure for implementing the proposed methodology. The procedure to implement the proposed methodology with IoT with a sequence of steps. The initial step, Step 1 - Purpose & Requirement Specification defines the purposes and requirements of the PLAN system. Secondly, Step 2 - Process Specification step, briefs the process specification of PLAN. Step 3 - Domain Model Specification elaborates the domain model of PLAN. Step 4 - Information Model Specification explains the information of the model implemented using PLAN. Step 5 - Service Specifications specifies the specifications about the services provided of PLAN. Step 6 - IoT Level Specification highlights deployment of the PLAN system. Step 7 - Functional View Specification defines the functions of the PLAN. Step 8 - Operational View Specification defines the operations of the PLAN system service hosting options, devices, hosting the applications. Step 9 - Device & Component Integration explains the integration of devices and components. Step 10 - Application Development elaborates the methodology to develop the PLAN web application.