Title:	THE INTERNET OF THINGS AND SMART ITEMS – FOG COMPUTING ARCHITECTURES FOR HEALTHCARE. WIRELESS PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS IN REAL SCENARIOS
Author(s):	Lisardo Prieto-González, Corvin Jaedicke, Johannes Schubert, Sarfaraz Ghulam, Gerrit Tamm and Vladimir Stantchev
ISBN:	978-989-8533-46-3
Editors:	Piet Kommers, Tomayess Issa, Theodora Issa, Mário Dantas, Cristiano Costa and Pedro Isaías
Year:	2015
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Sensors, Smart items, Cloud computing, Fog computing, Healthcare, Internet of Things.
Type:	Full Paper
First Page:	27
Last Page:	34
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	In this article authors argue how the embedment of self-powered wireless sensors into cloud computing further enables such a system to become a sustainable part of work environment. This is exemplified by an application scenario in healthcare that was developed in the context of the OpSIT-Project in Germany. A simple three-layer architecture, in the sense of Internet of Things, is presented. It provides a basis for integrating a broad range of sensors into smart healthcare infrastructure. More specifically, by making use of short-range communication sensors (sensing layer), gateways which implement data transmission and low level computation (fog layer) and cloud computing for processing the data (application layer). A technical in depth analyses of the first two layers of the infrastructure is given to proof reliability and to determine the communication quality and availability in real world scenarios. Furthermore, two example use-cases that directly apply to a healthcare environment are examined, concluding with the feasibility of the presented approach.
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