The CAPSARII Approach to Cyber-Secure Wearable, Ultra-Low-Power Networked Sensors for Soldier Health Monitoring

2025-09-10

Euromicro Symposium on Digital Systems Design

AI Summary

This work addresses the critical challenges of security, power consumption, real-time performance, and integration faced by wearable health monitoring systems for battlefield Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The authors propose a collaborative architecture that synergistically combines edge AI with cloud-based analytics, integrating smart textile sensors, ultra-low-power hardware design, lightweight encryption, and robust identity authentication mechanisms. This system enables real-time sensing and secure transmission of soldiers’ physiological, motion, and environmental data. By significantly enhancing battery longevity, data security, and tactical decision-making support, the proposed platform delivers a highly available, data-driven solution for individual soldier situational awareness in future intelligent military operations.

Technology Category

• Application Domains: Internet of Things, Sensor Networks & Smart Cities
• Machine Learning: Hardware-aware ML
• Intelligent Robots: Multimodal Perception & Sensor Fusion

Application Category

• Systems and Infrastructure for Web, Mobile and WoT: Web applications in cross-disciplinary domains and verticals such as mixed reality, smart cities, and digital health
• Security and Privacy: Data transparency and provenance
• User Modeling, Personalization and Recommendation: On-Device user modeling, personalization, and recommendation

Abstract

The European Defence Agency’s revised Capability Development Plan (CDP) identifies as a priority improving ground combat capabilities by enhancing soldiers’ equipment for better protection. The CAPSARII project proposes an innovative wearable system and Internet of Battlefield Things (IoBT) framework to monitor soldiers’ physiological and psychological status, aiding tactical decisions and medical support. The CAPSARII system will enhance situational awareness and operational effectiveness by monitoring physiological, movement and environmental parameters, providing real-time tactical decision support through AI models deployed on edge nodes and enable data analysis and comparative studies via cloud-based analytics. CAPSARII also aims at improving usability through smart textile integration, longer battery life, reducing energy consumption through software and hardware optimizations, and address security concerns with efficient encryption and strong authentication methods. This innovative approach aims to transform military operations by providing a robust, data-driven decision support tool.

Problem

• cyber-secure
• wearable sensors
• soldier health monitoring
• ultra-low-power
• Internet of Battlefield Things

Innovation

• ultra-low-power
• edge AI
• smart textiles
• cyber-security
• IoBT