Sistema electrónico de monitoreo de signos vitales y geolocalización para alpinistas del Parque Nacional Cotopaxi (PNC) mediante tecnología Iot

Abstract

Mountaineering is a common sporting activity in the mountains and volcanoes of Ecuador that can cause accidents and emergencies when carried out without proper prevention measures and specialized guides on the environment. For this reason, this research project focuses on monitoring emergency calls generated by mountaineers in Cotopaxi National Park to alert the appropriate authorities and coordinate immediate assistance to the emergency site. The design and implementation of the electronic monitoring system for mountaineers in Cotopaxi National Park are developed through a low power wide area network (LPWAN), due to its geographical location in a rural area where communication is limited. In addition, Sigfox's OG technology based on the Internet of Things (IoT) is integrated with elements such as data transmission devices, base stations and Sigfox's cloud. The operation of the electronic monitoring system consists of obtaining information on vital signs such as blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), heart rate (HR) and data acquisition such as latitude, longitude, kilometers per hour, meters above sea level from the Global Positioning System (GPS) through the communication protocol of the National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) in real time, through a physical prototype located on the user's wrist in order to send information at intervals of time according to the data transmission support of Sigfox technology. It also includes an emergency button to immediately alert the operator. The system was implemented on a LAMP server in Microsoft Azure with an infrastructure as a service (laaS) through a monthly subscription of approximately 13 USD this facilitates the incorporation of the website designed programming languages such as HTML, CSS, PHP and JavaScript. The website connects to the Sigfox cloud via Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) using the Post Json format method in order to present the information in a dashboard with all the monitoring variables coming from the prototype.