TY - GEN
T1 - Internet of nano-things healthcare applications
T2 - 11th IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, WiMob 2015
AU - Ali, Najah Abu
AU - Abu-Elkheir, Mervat
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/12/4
Y1 - 2015/12/4
N2 - Ubiquitous healthcare is becoming a reality thanks to the advances in sensing and communication technologies, which make it possible to provide monitoring and diagnosis services outside the premises of healthcare providers. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the main paradigm through which medical devices will be connected to the Internet, thereby empowering near-realtime health services and transforming a patient's physical space into a smart space. Recent developments in nanotechnology are giving rise to the Internet of Nano-Things, with a new set of finegrained and highly sophisticated healthcare applications that can be run inside the human body. In this paper, we outline a vision of the ubiquitous healthcare ecosystem and its architectural requirements in order to incorporate nanonetworks. We identify some of the envisioned IoNT healthcare applications and the IoNT requirements that are necessary to support the different application categories, as well as the underlying healthcare service opportunities. In order to understand the current status of implementation, we provide a brief analysis of the major efforts targeted at IoNT performance analysis and evaluation. We finally discuss the most pressing challenges that the IoNT paradigm poses for healthcare applications and services.
AB - Ubiquitous healthcare is becoming a reality thanks to the advances in sensing and communication technologies, which make it possible to provide monitoring and diagnosis services outside the premises of healthcare providers. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the main paradigm through which medical devices will be connected to the Internet, thereby empowering near-realtime health services and transforming a patient's physical space into a smart space. Recent developments in nanotechnology are giving rise to the Internet of Nano-Things, with a new set of finegrained and highly sophisticated healthcare applications that can be run inside the human body. In this paper, we outline a vision of the ubiquitous healthcare ecosystem and its architectural requirements in order to incorporate nanonetworks. We identify some of the envisioned IoNT healthcare applications and the IoNT requirements that are necessary to support the different application categories, as well as the underlying healthcare service opportunities. In order to understand the current status of implementation, we provide a brief analysis of the major efforts targeted at IoNT performance analysis and evaluation. We finally discuss the most pressing challenges that the IoNT paradigm poses for healthcare applications and services.
KW - Internet of Nano-Things
KW - healthcare applications
KW - nanonetworks
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U2 - 10.1109/WiMOB.2015.7347934
DO - 10.1109/WiMOB.2015.7347934
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84964307460
T3 - 2015 IEEE 11th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, WiMob 2015
SP - 9
EP - 14
BT - 2015 IEEE 11th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, WiMob 2015
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 19 October 2015 through 21 October 2015
ER -