An IoT-Aware Architecture for Smart Healthcare Systems
An IoT-Aware Architecture for Smart Healthcare Systems
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DOI：
10.1109/jiot.2015.2417684
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发表时间：
2015-12-01
影响因子：
10.6
通讯作者：
Tarricone, Luciano
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作者：
Catarinucci, Luca;de Donno, Danilo;Tarricone, Luciano
在过去的几年里，物联网 (IoT) 支持解决方案的开发取得了令人信服的进步，刺激了新颖且令人着迷的应用程序的出现。其中，主要是射频识别（RFID）、无线传感器网络（WSN）和智能移动技术引领着这一演进趋势。鉴于这种趋势，本文提出了一种新颖的物联网感知智能架构，用于自动监控和跟踪医院和护理机构内的患者、人员和生物医学设备。为了忠于物联网愿景，我们提出了一个智能医院系统 (SHS)，它依赖于不同但互补的技术，特别是 RFID、WSN 和智能移动，通过低功耗无线个人区域网络 (6LoWPAN)/表征状态传输 (REST) 网络基础设施上的受限应用协议 (CoAP)/IPv6 进行互操作。 SHS 能够通过由集成 UHF RFID 功能的 6LoWPAN 节点组成的超低功耗混合传感网络 (HSN) 实时收集环境条件和患者的生理参数。感测到的数据被传送到控制中心，其中高级监控应用程序 (MA) 使本地和远程用户可以通过 REST Web 服务轻松访问这些数据。为验证所提出的 SHS 而实施的简单概念验证突出了许多关键功能和新颖性，这代表了与实际技术水平相比向前迈出的重要一步。
Over the last few years, the convincing forward steps in the development of Internet of Things (IoT)-enabling solutions are spurring the advent of novel and fascinating applications. Among others, mainly radio frequency identification (RFID), wireless sensor network (WSN), and smart mobile technologies are leading this evolutionary trend. In the wake of this tendency, this paper proposes a novel, IoT-aware, smart architecture for automatic monitoring and tracking of patients, personnel, and biomedical devices within hospitals and nursing institutes. Staying true to the IoT vision, we propose a smart hospital system (SHS), which relies on different, yet complementary, technologies, specifically RFID, WSN, and smart mobile, interoperating with each other through a Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)/IPv6 over low-power wireless personal area network (6LoWPAN)/representational state transfer (REST) network infrastructure. The SHS is able to collect, in real time, both environmental conditions and patients' physiological parameters via an ultra-low-power hybrid sensing network (HSN) composed of 6LoWPAN nodes integrating UHF RFID functionalities. Sensed data are delivered to a control center where an advanced monitoring application (MA) makes them easily accessible by both local and remote users via a REST web service. The simple proof of concept implemented to validate the proposed SHS has highlighted a number of key capabilities and aspects of novelty, which represent a significant step forward compared to the actual state of the art.