Abstract
This paper proposes the Internet of Things communication framework as the main enabler for distributed worldwide health care applications. Starting from the recent availability of wireless medical sensor prototypes and the growing diffusion of electronic health care record databases, we analyze the requirements of a unified communication framework. Our investigation takes the move by decomposing the storyline of a day in Robert's life, our unlucky character in the not so far future, into simple processes and their interactions. Subsequently, we devise the main communication requirements for those processes and for their integration in the Internet as web services. Finally, we present the Internet of Things protocol stack and the advantages it brings to health care scenarios in terms of the identified requirements.
Keywords
EnablingComputer scienceThe InternetSimple (philosophy)Health careWirelessProtocol (science)Protocol stackWireless sensor networkComputer securityWorld Wide WebComputer networkTelecommunications
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- 2011
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- 1-5
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Nicola Bui,
Michele Zorzi
(2011).
Health care applications.
, 1-5.
https://doi.org/10.1145/2093698.2093829
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- 10.1145/2093698.2093829