An Edge-Based Architecture to Support Efficient Applications for Healthcare Industry 4.0
An Edge-Based Architecture to Support Efficient Applications for Healthcare Industry 4.0
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DOI：
10.1109/tii.2018.2843169
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发表时间：
2019-01-01
影响因子：
12.3
通讯作者：
Liotta, Antonio
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作者：
Pace, Pasquale;Aloi, Gianluca;Liotta, Antonio
在过去的几年中，Edge Computing范式吸引了许多兴趣，作为基于标准的基于云的方法的有效替代方法，以减少交互时间和来自物联网（IoT）设备的大量数据朝向Internet。在下一个将来，基于边缘的方法对于支持行业4.0环境中的时间依赖应用程序至关重要。因此，本文提出了BodyEdge，这是一种在新兴医疗保健行业的背景下非常适合以人为本应用的新型建筑。它由一个小型移动客户端模块和一个支持多迪拉迪奥和多技术通信的性能边缘网关组成，以收集和本地处理来自不同方案的数据；此外，它还利用了从私人和公共云平台提供的设施，以确保高灵活性，鲁棒性和自适应服务水平。通过在不同的硬件平台上的实际实现来评估了设计的软件平台的优点，并通过减少的传输数据和处理时间进行了评估。进行的研究还强调了网络条件（数据负载和处理延迟），其中BodyEdge是医疗保健应用程序方案的有效且廉价的解决方案。
Edge computing paradigm has attracted many interests in the last few years as a valid alternative to the standard cloud-based approaches to reduce the interaction timing and the huge amount of data coming from Internet of Things (IoT) devices toward the Internet. In the next future, Edge-based approaches will be essential to support time-dependent applications in the Industry 4.0 context; thus, the paper proposes BodyEdge, a novel architecture well suited for human-centric applications, in the context of the emerging healthcare industry. It consists of a tiny mobile client module and a performing edge gateway supporting multiradio and multitechnology communication to collect and locally process data coming from different scenarios; moreover, it also exploits the facilities made available from both private and public cloud platforms to guarantee a high flexibility, robustness, and adaptive service level. The advantages of the designed software platform have been evaluated in terms of reduced transmitted data and processing time through a real implementation on different hardware platforms. The conducted study also highlighted the network conditions (data load and processing delay) in which BodyEdge is a valid and inexpensive solution for healthcare application scenarios.