A Review on IOT Response to COVID-19 Pandemic, Challenges and Open Issues

ABSTRACT

In the history of humanity, we have never faced an invisible enemy like the COVID-19 pandemic. The medical field has never been overwhelmed so much. Scientists and engineers are working around the clock to develop a suitable vaccine for COVID-19. In order to fight this pandemic technology will need to be utilized to its full potential. A fourth industrial revolution (4IR) technology, called the Internet of things (IOT), is an interconnection of physical devices and the Internet, has been identified to fight the battle against COVID-19. Numerous papers have been written about the Internet of things technology and how the technology can be use in different environments, thereof it is imperative to review how this technology can be utilize in the the response to COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we examined literature on the coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) and IOT technologies that can fight COVID-19 to minimize its spread. Various challenges and open issues related to the used of the technology in the fight of COVID-19 where identified and discussed, such as security and privacy issue, limited spectrum and bandwidth, scalability and interoperability as a threat. This technology can be recommended for use in a pandemic period. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.