Title :
Cloud-enabled wireless body area networks for pervasive healthcare
Author :
Wan, Jianwei ; Zou, Changyue ; Ullah, S. ; Lai, Chieh-Fan ; Zhou, MengChu ; Wang, Xiongfei
Author_Institution :
South China Univ. of Technol., Guangzhou, China
fDate :
September-October 2013
Abstract :
With the support of mobile cloud computing, wireless body area networks can be significantly enhanced for massive deployment of pervasive healthcare applications. However, several technical issues and challenges are associated with the integration of WBANs and MCC. In this article, we study a cloud-enabled WBAN architecture and its applications in pervasive healthcare systems. We highlight the methodologies for transmitting vital sign data to the cloud by using energy-efficient routing, cloud resource allocation, semantic interactions, and data security mechanisms.
Keywords :
biomedical communication; body area networks; cloud computing; computer network security; health care; mobile computing; resource allocation; telecommunication network routing; MCC; cloud resource allocation; cloud-enabled WBAN architecture; cloud-enabled wireless body area networks; data security mechanisms; energy-efficient routing; mobile cloud computing; pervasive health care applications; semantic interactions; vital sign data transmission; Biomedical monitoring; Body area networks; Cloud computing; Mobile communication; Pervasive computing; Semantics; Servers;
Journal_Title :
Network, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MNET.2013.6616116
