Health care applications: a solution based on the internet of things

Authors:
Nicola Bui;Michele Zorzi
Affiliations:
University of Padova - Via Gradenigo, Padova, Italy, and Consorzio Ferrara Ricerche - Via Saragat, Ferrara, Italy, and Patavina Technologies S.r.l. - Via della Croce Rossa, Padova, Italy;University of Padova - Via Gradenigo, Padova, Italy, and Consorzio Ferrara Ricerche - Via Saragat, Ferrara, Italy, and Patavina Technologies S.r.l. - Via della Croce Rossa, Padova, Italy
Venue:
Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies
Year:
2011

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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.