Strengthening Covid Safety Protocols with LoRa® and LoRaWAN®

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Strengthening Covid Safety Protocols with LoRa
and LoRaWAN
From face masks, through social distancing, to
lockdowns and more, countries have continued to
find ways to navigate through this pandemic by
creating safety protocols designed to help in
reducing the risk of transmitting the virus from
one person to another.
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LoRa gateways and LoRaWAN modules integrated into
Safety Protocols Proximity Detection One of the
addressed safety protocols is social distancing.
By incorporating LoRaWAN modules in wearable
proximity sensors, in offices, factories, and
various workplaces adherence to safety protocols
can be monitored and maintained. These sensors
can track the interactions of their employees,
thus identifying personnel at risk.
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Pedestrian Counting Incorporating LoRaWAN
modules and gateways to create monitoring sensors
that gauge peoples movement in cities is
possible. People counting assists in
understanding the movement patterns of the masses
and their impact on spreading CV-19. This
information is valuable for designing safety
protocols, which can be formulated and
implemented in such a way as to diminish covid
transmission. Real-time feedback of protocol
efficiency can also be obtained and adequate
measures are taken.
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Indoor Air Quality Monitoring This pandemic has
stressed the importance of clean air. By
utilizing the LoRaWAN gateway and modules, air
monitoring systems can be created to ensure clean
air and proper ventilation. In doing so,
temperature levels are maintained wherein the
risk of the virus spreading is minimized.  Safety
protocols, when followed properly, will help in
decreasing the number of those affected. Thus,
devices such as the RAKwireless WisGate Edge line
of gateways are the essential building blocks
that will allow for LoRaWAN solutions to be
implemented in order to help implement a
worldwide strategy for battling CV-19, based on
technological means.
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By utilizing the power of IoT and making it easy
to implement it as a part of a pandemic
monitoring and mitigating system, companies such
as RAKwireless contribute to the global anti-CV
efforts.
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