Development and implementation of TCP/IP for old age tracking solution

Old aged peoples in the old age homes are suffering from many issues. So they need special
attention to look after them and provide sufficient care. As the increasing popularity in old age
homes, it is impractical to assign each person to a caretaker. Consequently, with the help of IOT
a system is proposed to tracking of these people. Hence it is possible to look after and monitor
many people at the same time remotely.

By proposing a handheld device to old age people, it is possible to provide adequate assistance
such as medicines, food delivery, support, paying bills ,services of nearby police and ambulance
etc. The old age people may or may not be familiar with modern technologies, so that it is
essential to design the device as simple as possible. It must be operable; irrespective of the
knowledge and experience of the user. The information is passing through the medium of
internet.

A communication protocol is a description of the rules computers must follow to communicate
with each other. The TCP/IP protocol suite refers to several separate protocols that computers
use to transfer data across networks. It is named after the two most important protocols in its
suite, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP). TCP/IP is widely used
because its ability to switch packets from all shapes and sizes and varieties of networks. The aim
of this Master project was to implement a TCP/IP stack in an embedded system. The intended
embedded system demanded some requirements on the TCP/IP stack. Only the most important
protocols, and features in these protocols, should be implemented. Memory usage should be kept
low, and embedded-C coding rules should be employed.

MSC CS 2016-2018 INT Dr. Tony Thomas