Internet of Things (IoT) has grown rapidly in the last decade and continue to develop in terms of dimension and complexity offering wide range of devices to support diverse set of applications. With ubiquitous Internet, connected sensors and actuators, networking and communication technology, and artificial intelligence (AI), smart cyber-physical systems (CPS) provide services rendering assistance to humans in their daily lives. However, the recent outbreak of COVID-19 (also known as coronavirus) pandemic has exposed and highlighted the limitations of current technological deployments to curtail this disease. IoT and smart connected technologies together with data-driven applications can play a crucial role not only in prevention, continuous monitoring, and mitigation of the disease, but also enable prompt enforcement of guidelines, rules and government orders to contain such future outbreaks. In this paper, we envision an IoT-enabled ecosystem for intelligent monitoring, pro-active prevention and control, and mitigation of COVID-19. We propose different architectures, applications and technology systems for various smart infrastructures including E-health, smart home, smart supply chain management, smart locality, and smart city, to develop future connected communities to manage and mitigate similar outbreaks. Furthermore, we present research challenges together with future directions to enable and develop these smart communities and infrastructures to fight and prepare against such outbreaks.
翻译:过去十年来,互联网(IoT)在规模和复杂性方面迅速发展,继续发展,提供了各种支持多种应用的多种装置。互联网、连接的传感器和推动器、网络和通信技术以及人工智能(AI),智能网络物理系统(CPS)为人类日常生活提供援助服务。然而,最近爆发的COVID-19(又称corona病毒)大流行病暴露并凸显了目前用于遏制这一疾病的技术部署的局限性。IoT和智能连通技术以及数据驱动的应用不仅可以在预防、持续监测和缓解这一疾病方面发挥关键作用,而且还能够迅速执行指导方针、规则和政府命令,以遏制今后这种疾病爆发。在本文件中,我们设想了一个借助IoT的生态系统,用于明智的监测、积极主动的预防和控制以及减缓COVID-19。我们提出了各种智能基础设施的不同结构、应用和技术系统,包括E-健康、智能住宅、智能供应链管理、智能地点和智能城市,以便发展未来与管理和缓解这种疾病爆发挑战的智能社区,从而共同应对和缓解这些疾病的爆发。此外,我们提出了各种未来与社区相联结起来的网络,以便共同应对和减缓这些疾病爆发的挑战。