SWOT: A Hybrid Hardware-Based Approach for Robust Fault-Tolerant Framework in a Smart Day Care

Internet of Things (IoT) has made its imprint on every part of the globe today. Offices, households, factories, industries, agriculture, and day cares, among other places, have all upgraded to their innovative version. It has propounded great potential in various real-world applications. The topical trends in the adoption of IoT have also highlighted the challenges associated with the performance of IoT devices. IoT devices require continuous monitoring for any performance degradation. A bibliometric analysis of 587 papers is undertaken on the Scopus database to spot the increasing interest of researchers in fault detection in IoT. A smart system's or an IoT-based space's usability, efficiency, and performance are all built on a fault-tolerant approach and interruption-free smooth operations. The investigation was carried out based on the literature to determine the need for a pro-fault detection system in an IoT-enabled day care. Kids' security and safety are highly dependent on the hassle-free working of smart devices. It's overhead to carry out device tracking manually along with demanding kids. This issue needs to be addressed to uphold the smart day care's trustworthiness. A pro-fault detection approach can be applied to resolve the aforementioned issue to enhance the smart day care's performance and efficiency. This paper proposes SWOT, a novel hybrid hardware-based approach in an IoT-based day care to safeguard the proper working of all IoT devices deployed. It screens every single appliance associated with a smart day care to detect the faulty appliance beforehand. The solution will assist the day care staff in providing the best care and security to their kids without any overhead. SWOT evaluation proved that it is an economical and efficient approach in detecting faults, accurately, swiftly, and with a low false alarm ratio.

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The Internet of Things (IoT) has been widely adopted in various fields, including day cares. This study aims to investigate the challenges of IoT device performance and the need for fault detection in an IoT-enabled day care. A novel hybrid hardware-based approach, SWOT, is proposed to detect faulty appliances and ensure the efficient operation of IoT devices in the day care. The evaluation shows that SWOT is an economical and efficient method with high accuracy and a low false alarm ratio.