Abstract

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, IoTaware, 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 CoAP/6LoWPAN/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 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 art.

Autore Pugliese

• Patrono Luigi , Catarinucci Luca , Tarricone Luciano , Mainetti Luca

Tutti gli autori

• CATARINUCCI L. , DE DONNO D. , MAINETTI L. , PALANO L. , PATRONO L. , STEFANIZZI M. , TARRICONE L.

Titolo volume/Rivista

IEEE INTERNET OF THINGS JOURNAL

Anno di pubblicazione

2015

ISSN

2327-4662

ISBN

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Numero di citazioni Wos

Nessuna citazione

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Numero di citazioni Scopus

103

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018

Settori ERC

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Codici ASJC

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