Integration of wearable devices in a wireless sensor network for an E-health application

Abstract

Applications based on Wireless Sensor Networks for Internet of Things scenarios are on the rise. The multiple possibilities they offer have spread towards previously hard to imagine fields, like e-health or human physiological monitoring. An application has been developed for its usage in scenarios where data collection is applied to smart spaces, aiming at its usage in fire fighting and sports. This application has been tested in a gymnasium with real, non-simulated nodes and devices. A Graphic User Interface has been implemented to suggest a series of exercises to improve a sportsman/woman s condition, depending on the context and their profile. This system can be adapted to a wide variety of e-health applications with minimum changes, and the user will interact using different devices, like smart phones, smart watches and/or tablets.

A Health-IoT Platform Based on the Integration of Intelligent Packaging, Unobtrusive Bio-Sensor, and Intelligent Medicine Box

“…All these technologies facilitate the deployment of IoT devices in the home environment for 24/7 healthcare [14]. Some researchers attempt to integrate wearable devices and systems in IoT scenario to achieve better e-health services [18], [19]. A mobile-phone based telemonitoring system for chronic disease management is presented in [20].…”

Caching Transient Data in Internet Content Routers

“…Some information pieces that are periodically delivered to a remote monitoring centre for performance tracking purposes are delay tolerant [30], whereas others relating to critical events must be relayed urgently to a remote control centre [31]. For instance, caching the collected data for a time-critical IoT application, such as e-Health [32], would require high data freshness, yet at the same time a punctual response, e.g. in the e-Health context, quick medical response to sudden changes in a patient's blood pressure and heart rate [33].…”

Contribution towards intelligent service management in wearable and ubiquitous devices

“…Applications are able to access the WSN services regardless of the platform and operating system where they are running [1]. Besides, this proposal also includes the design of a Wearable InterDomain communication Protocols set (WIDP) which integrates lightweight protocols suitable to be used in low-capacities devices (REST, JSON, AMQP, CoAP, etc.…”