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GSM BASED SOLDIER TRACKING SYSTEM AND

MONITORING USING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
P. Chakravarth ,S. Natarajan., M. Anto Bennet.*
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Faculty of Electronics and Communication Department, vel tech, Chennai, India.

Email: [email protected]

Submitted: May 27, 2017 Accepted: June 15, 2017 Published: Sep 1, 2017

Abstract- To design a soldier tracking system using wireless system for monitoring the parameters of
soldier are as Body temperature & Temperature. Biomedical sensors: Here to find the health status of
soldier we are using a body temp sensor to measure body temperature as well as pulse rate sensor.
These parameters are then signal conditioned and will be stored in the memory. One of the
fundamental challenges in military operations lays in that the Soldier not able to communicate with
control room administrator. In addition, each organization needs to enforce certain administrative and
operational work when they interact over the network owned and operated by other organizations.
Thus, without careful planning and coordination, one troop cannot communicate with the troops or
leverage the communication infrastructure operated by the country troops in the same region. The
purpose of this investigation was to test the components of the Soldier Tracking and Performance
Measurement System against the statement of requirements as found in the Request for Proposal.
Secondary aims of this investigation included gathering data that will allow potential users of the
system to understand its capabilities and limitations, as well as allow efficient planning of both time
and resources necessary to ensure efficient and productive use of the system for training the solider.

Index terms: temperature sensor, pulse rate sensor, Soldier Tracking and Performance Measurement System

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I. INTRODUCTION

In today’s world enemy warfare is an important factor in nation’s security. The national
security mainly depends on army (ground), navy (sea), air-force (air). The important and vital
role is played by the army soldier’s. There are many concerns regarding the safety of these
soldiers. As soon as any soldier enters the enemy lines it is very vital for the army base station
to know the location as well as the health status of all soldiers. In our project we have come up
with an idea of tracking the soldier as well as to give the health status of the soldier during the
war, which enables the army personnel to plan the war strategies. By using the location sent by
the GPS modem, the base station can understand the position of soldier. A GPS system can be
defined as a device which would help to track the man or a vehicle with no human intervention
at all. So far these vehicles have found applications in various fields such as military, vehicles,
maps to find way, etc.This project is intended towards representing the problems faced by the
solider in the war field in a format to help the solider to get a better solution .The problem that a
solider undergoes, difficult for the control station to perceive .The DRDO has taken steps to
circumvent the problems of the solider to keep moving forward in the war field .In this we have
come with new ideas inorder to help the solider[3,4,5] .

II. Literature Survey

Umar Farooq et al.,[1] had proposed about the public safety in Punjab province Pakistan
.they use a 4 stage safety sms system to survey and protect the people’s lives. Thuong Le –Tien,
Vu Phung[2] had proposed the tracking of vehicles on large outdoor area environment based on
GPS and GSM system . With the support of modules the GPS receiver gets to know the exact
location and gets the message and gets updates on the google maps.The current technology
being used in our work had[9] proposed remote monitoring the soldiers with GPRS based
protection system. It measures the heart beat rate, pressure range, temperature range and
compared with the actual value stored in the EPROM. If any Discrepancy occurs, and then
ARM7 processor will shift The control over to the relief system such as automatic Injection
system and Vibrotactile system to simulate The oxygen pumping and also Transmit the Bio-
Signals to the base station through GPRS.
Anto bennet et al.[6] had proposed that, it is due to the driver’s fatigue, traffic accidents
keep with a yearly increasing of a high rate. This paper shows the new fatigue detection

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algorithms &techniques using eye blink, alcohol, impact, gas, etc. Sensors. In this technique the
fatigue will be detected immediately and regular traps the events driver and third party.
Through research presented in this work, we propose an intelligent car system for accident
prevention and making the world a much better and safe place to Live.
Designed work had proposed to transmit the data which is sensed from Remote soldier to
the server PC by using wieless transmission technology S. It is completely integrated so that it
is possible to track anytime from anywhere. It has real-time capability .The accuracy of system
is affected by some factors such as weather, environment around the mobile soldier unit, GPS
receiver. The future works include optimizing the hardware system, choosing suitable GPS
receiver. Improving the routing algorithm can be improved by network. This system has many
advantages such as large capability, wide area strange, low operation costs, effective, strong
expandability and easy to use. Upgrading this setup is very easy which makes it open to future a
requirement which also makes it more efficient.
Anto bennet et al.,[7] had proposed the work is an attempt to design tracking system
using GPS and GSM modem .The system is a TELEMONITORING SYSTEM. A
software package is developed to READ, ANALYZE and PROCESS the received messages
and store them. A communication is instantaneous therefore we can receive running report
quickly. So once it is implemented it can track vehicles or humans any time. Anto bennet et
al.,[8] this proposed system the authors about the public safety in Punjab province Pakistan
.they use a 4 stage safety sms system to survey and protect the peoples lives .By using the four
modules we will be able to track the vehicles.Anto bennet et al.,[6] describes tracking of
vehicles on large outdoor area environment based on GPS and GSM system. .With the support
of modules the GPS receiver gets to know the exact location and gets the message and gets
updates on the google maps
III. Proposed Work

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Fig 1.Block Diagram of soldier tracking system using wireless system

Here to find the health status of soldier we are using a body temperature sensor as well as
pulse rate sensor. These sensors will measure the body temperature and the pulse rate of soldier
and will be stored in microcontroller memory .The block diagram is shown in fig 1. The various
parameters such as heart beat, pulse rate is obtained from the through the sensors attached to the
body on receiving these parameters is first amplified to eliminate the noise and get a clear
output signal .the amplified signal is send to the microcontroller 89s52 this is a very efficient
microcontroller, 4 pins are used to control the entire system out of 40 pins. The pins according
to the coding in the xillinx the 4 pins are named as mes1, mes2, mes3, mes4 (i.e.) message bit 1,
message bit 2, and message bit 3 and 4.
The 4 pins receives the parameters and sends to various pins in the 89s51 and process the
signal .The processed signal from the microcontroller is sent to the zigbee transmitter through
MAX 232 or RS 232 which is a cable for transmitting and receiving the signals .
The signal is sent to the control station by zigbee transmitter the format of message
received by control station is shown in fig 1.on receiving this message the control unit
immediately responds by sending a reply message to crew or a soldier who is in panic our
terrible situation to get him out of that place in our proposed system we have put forth two
extra events .If the solider gets caught in the enemy camp he has to immediately deactivate the
system so , a deactivation is provided .in order to avoid the enemy crew members to access our
tracking system a password is given to the solider (e.g.) (xxyyzzz). The camera is also provided
to check and get the terrain information
IV. Army Unit

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Upon receiving the SMS, the visual basic software Sorts the solder’s location based on the
GPS coordinates also the health Status is displayed. In this way the army official’s can keep a
track of all their soldiers shown in fig 2.

Fig 2: Army Unit

Fig 3: Temperature sensors &Heart beat sensors

V. Temperature sensor and heart bea sensor

This temperature sensor is used to sense the temperature of the body this parameter is
used to calibrate the entire temperature of the body .Through this it is helpful to
know the status of the solider. With the help of the heart beat sensor we are able to
calculate the heart beat of the solider shown in fig 3..
i) GPS
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space Based global navigation satellite system
that provides reliable location and time information in all weather and at all times and
anywhere on or near the Earth when and where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or
more GPS satellitesshown in fig 4.

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Fig 4:GPS

Fig 5 Amplifier
ii) Amplifier
An electronic amplifier, amplifier, or (informally) amp is an electronic device that
increases the power of a signal. It does this by taking energy from a power supply and
controlling the output to match the input signal shape but with larger amplitude. In this sense,
an amplifier modulates the output of the power supply to make the output signal stronger than
the input signal. An amplifier is effectively the opposite of an attenuator: while an amplifier
provides gain, an attenuator provides lossshown in fig 5.
iii) ZIGBEE
Zigbee is a specification which suites , high-level communication used to create a
personal area network Zigbee is based on the IEEE.802.15.4standard Zigbee transmission
distance is 10-100metersZigbeehas the defined rate of 250kb/sec. Zigbee specification is
simpler and less expensive when compared to other wireless personal area networks such as
BLUETOOTH and WIFIshown in fig 6.

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Fig 6 Zigbee Fig 7 Transformer

iv) Transformer
This is the step down transformer, which step downs the 220 volt AC to 12 AC .It act as a
main source of power supply. It serves the purpose of tapped windings. Safe wiring techniques
for power cords shown in fig 7.
Message Format

FIG 8;Message Format

This fig 8 is an example message format received to the control station;
VI. Experimental Results

FIG 9: Control Unit

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FIG 10: Temperature Measurement

This figure 9 shows the example dialogue box that will appear in the control unit .This
message shows that the solider temperature is normal and pulse rate is in good condition and
there is no sign of war proceedings .This dialogue box was developed in the XCTC software
and the program for this is done with the help of( KEIL VERSION 4).
The figure10 shows the dialogue box information that the solider temperature is
ABNORMAL .This temperature is measured and calibrated using the TEMPERATURE
SENSOR .This message is received by the control unit and this indicates that the soldier’s
temperature is abnormal

Fig 11: GSM

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Fig 12: Pulse Rate
This figure 11 shows that in the field the war has broke and the riot has started .This message
indicates that the solider need some help in the war field. figure 12 shows that the soldier’s
pulse rate is down. This message shows that the solider need some help from control unit
VII. Conclusion
From the above designed work can be concluded that we are able to transmit the data which is
sensed from remote soldier to the server PC by using wireless transmission technology GSM. It
is completely integrated so that it is possible to track anytime from anywhere. It has real-time
capability. The accuracy of system is affected by some factors Such as weather, environment
around the mobile soldier unit, GPS receiver. The future works include optimizing the hardware
system, choosing a suitable GPS receiver improving the routing algorithm can be improved by
neural network. This system has many advantages such as large Capability, wide areas range,
low operation costs, effective, strong expandability and easy to use. Upgrading this setup is
very easy which makes it open to future a requirement.

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