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Solar-Supplied Satellite Internet Access Point for the Internet of Things in Remote Areas
As satellite communications provide ubiquitous coverage, they play a key role in providing Internet connectivity in remote or marginalized areas, so as to enable the vision of a truly global connectivity of the Internet of Things (IoT). However, these areas often lack reliable electricity supply. Th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7085503/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32143462 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s20051409 |
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author | Wong, Angus Chow, Yan Tai |
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description | As satellite communications provide ubiquitous coverage, they play a key role in providing Internet connectivity in remote or marginalized areas, so as to enable the vision of a truly global connectivity of the Internet of Things (IoT). However, these areas often lack reliable electricity supply. Thus, this paper proposes a satellite internet access point powered by solar energy, so that a stable Internet connection can be provided. The access point provides Wi-Fi coverage so that sensors, IoT, and devices can connect to the access point using the Wi-Fi, a common wireless technology. Our design took some cost-saving measures to make it affordable and selected the components that require minimal maintenance operations. The satellite access point costs about USD $500, and can provide four days of Internet connectivity without solar energy. |
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spelling | pubmed-70855032020-03-23 Solar-Supplied Satellite Internet Access Point for the Internet of Things in Remote Areas Wong, Angus Chow, Yan Tai Sensors (Basel) Article As satellite communications provide ubiquitous coverage, they play a key role in providing Internet connectivity in remote or marginalized areas, so as to enable the vision of a truly global connectivity of the Internet of Things (IoT). However, these areas often lack reliable electricity supply. Thus, this paper proposes a satellite internet access point powered by solar energy, so that a stable Internet connection can be provided. The access point provides Wi-Fi coverage so that sensors, IoT, and devices can connect to the access point using the Wi-Fi, a common wireless technology. Our design took some cost-saving measures to make it affordable and selected the components that require minimal maintenance operations. The satellite access point costs about USD $500, and can provide four days of Internet connectivity without solar energy. MDPI 2020-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7085503/ /pubmed/32143462 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s20051409 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Wong, Angus Chow, Yan Tai Solar-Supplied Satellite Internet Access Point for the Internet of Things in Remote Areas |
title | Solar-Supplied Satellite Internet Access Point for the Internet of Things in Remote Areas |
title_full | Solar-Supplied Satellite Internet Access Point for the Internet of Things in Remote Areas |
title_fullStr | Solar-Supplied Satellite Internet Access Point for the Internet of Things in Remote Areas |
title_full_unstemmed | Solar-Supplied Satellite Internet Access Point for the Internet of Things in Remote Areas |
title_short | Solar-Supplied Satellite Internet Access Point for the Internet of Things in Remote Areas |
title_sort | solar-supplied satellite internet access point for the internet of things in remote areas |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7085503/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32143462 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s20051409 |
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