Elderly monitoring system in a smart city environment using LoRa and MQTT

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To cite this version: Lachtar, Abdelfatteh and Val, Thierry and

Kachouri, Abdennaceur Elderly monitoring system in a smart city

environment using LoRa and MQTT. (2020) IET Wireless Sensor Systems,

10 (2). 70-77. ISSN 2043-6386

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