An Optimization Scheme for M2M-Based Patient Monitoring in Ubiquitous Healthcare Domain

Abstract

In ubiquitous healthcare systems, machine-to-machine (M2M) communication promises large opportunities as it utilizes rapidly developing technologies of large-scale networking of devices for patient monitoring without dependence on human interaction. With the emergence of wireless multimedia sensor networks (WMSNs), M2M communications improve continuous monitoring and transmission and retrieval of multimedia content such as video and audio streams, images, and sensor data from the patient being monitored. This research deploys WMSN for continuous monitoring of target patients and reports tracking for preventive ubiquitous healthcare. This study performs optimization scheme movement coordination technique and data routing within the monitored area. A movement tracking algorithm is proposed for better patient tracking techniques and aids in optimal deployment of wireless sensor networks. Results show that our optimization scheme is capable of providing scalable and reliable patient monitoring results.

A Systematic Review on Recent Advances in mHealth Systems: Deployment Architecture for Emergency Response

“…In [ 15 ], cameras made possible the interaction with the elders within ambient-assisted living environments. In [ 23 ], a wireless multimedia sensor network using a video recorder is applied in order to track patient's activity and medical condition. In [ 26 ], the authors use video technology with the intention to record disabled people in his/her working places.…”

“…This technology offers a convergence between objects and intelligent services. An optimized scheme for movement coordination and data routing technique are introduced in [ 23 ]. The scheme includes a routing framework where several sensor devices can relay data to all receivers interested in that data.…”

“…In terms of energy-aware monitoring, [ 22 ] considers the network resources, memory availability, processing computation, and battery drainage. Finally, [ 23 ] proposes an energy-aware routing technique for data transmission allowing to choose a path with maximal residual energy and at a time the path with minimal energy consumption.…”

“…The need of mhealth systems deployed for outdoors along with two key factors makes evident our decision to highlight how wireless body sensor networks (WBSN) are handling emergency events. The key factors are the need for emergency care for patients within the golden hour and the previously stated increment in the rate of traffic accidents [ 23 ]. Our review made also possible the identification of the following important facts related to the use of WBSN for emergency care in outdoors scenarios.…”

An Internet of Things Approach for Managing Smart Services Provided by Wearable Devices

“…but also several human body parameters, like blood pressure, heart rate, breathing rate, body temperature, and so forth. The communication between these devices, conforming a body area network (BAN), and internet-capable devices (as the already mentioned smart ones) produce a wide new range of protocols and applications, as presented in several proposals [9][10][11][12][13][14][15].…”