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A Review on Internet of Things for Defense and Public Safety

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Fraga-Lamas, Paula, Fernández-Caramés, Tiago, Suárez-Albela, Manuel, Castedo, Luis, González-López, Miguel·2016·Sensors

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The Internet of Things (IoT) is undeniably transforming the way that organizations communicate and organize everyday businesses and industrial procedures. Its adoption has proven well suited for sectors that manage a large number of assets and coordinate complex and distributed processes. This survey analyzes the great potential for applying IoT technologies (i.e., data-driven applications or embedded automation and intelligent adaptive systems) to revolutionize modern warfare and provide benefits similar to those in industry. It identifies scenarios where Defense and Public Safety (PS) could leverage better commercial IoT capabilities to deliver greater survivability to the warfighter or first responders, while reducing costs and increasing operation efficiency and effectiveness. This article reviews the main tactical requirements and the architecture, examining gaps and shortcomings in existing IoT systems across the military field and mission-critical scenarios. The review characterizes the open challenges for a broad deployment and presents a research roadmap for enabling an affordable IoT for defense and PS.

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Authors
Fraga-Lamas, P., Fernández-Caramés, T., Suárez-Albela, M., Castedo, L., & González-López, M.
Affiliations
  • Department Electronics and Systems, Faculty of Computer Science, Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña 15071, Spain
  • Universidade da Coruña (ES)
Venue
Sensors
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2016-10-05
Volume
16
Issue
10
Pages
1644
ISSN
1424-8220 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2528081911
Cited by
242
References
104
Citations by year
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FWCI
15.78
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • RUC (Universidade Da Coruña) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (cc-by)
Funders
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (TEC2013-47141-C4-1-R, TEC2015-69648-REDC)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Control and Systems Engineering › Military Strategy and Technology
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Internet of Things and AI
Keywords
Internet of Things, military applications, public safety, military communications, first responders, survivability, IoT architecture, mission-critical systems, data-driven applications, research roadmap
MeSH terms
Cloud Computing, Civil Defense, Computer Communication Networks, Humans, Electrocardiography, Ambulatory, Internet, Remote Sensing Technology

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