System Components

Beacon System

  • Multi-hop linear network topology, 500m distance between beacons
  • 300ms avg propagation between beacons
  • 99% transmission success rate at 500m line of sight
  • SOS transmitted in (1- numer of beacons)(prop delay) + Server delay
  • 7.48 Second avg SMS Server Delay

Power System

  • Low power consumption allows for 100 Beacons and 500 Hikers per battery charge
  • Implementation of 2W solar system

Mobile Application

  • Bluetooth Check-In System via Mobile App
  • Location updated via cloud computing when check-in received by base station
  • Generate viewable, secure links to Check-In Information

Cloud

  • Secure webpage hosting on AWS EC2 instance
  • Handle user registration
  • Private webpage generation
  • Message decryption and user page updates

AWS Services

  • EC2
  • IoT Core
  • DynamoDB
  • SNS