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Social Distancing Experiment Based on UWB Monitoring System

Abstract:

Keeping social distance is important to contain the spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and reduce the risk of getting infected. Some wireless communication technologies such as Ultra-wideband (UWB), Bluetooth, Wifi can help to accomplish that. This work focuses on UWB technology due to its impressive accuracy in location and tracking applications. More specifically, this paper shows the impact of an UWB-based social distancing monitoring system on people’s behavior. The experiment consisted of detecting and registering the events of breaking the social distance policy established at 1.5 m for more than 20 s between 15 people during four days. The main result showed that even if the place has the proper signaling for social distancing, the adherence percentage of the social distancing policy was only 13%. On the other hand, with a real-time audible alert generated by a device of the monitoring system, the adherence percentage increased to 33%.