Feasibility and performance evaluation of a 6LoWPAN-enabled platform for ubiquitous healthcare monitoring

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dc.contributor.authorTouati, Farid
dc.contributor.authorMnaouer, Adel Ben
dc.contributor.authorErdene‐Ochir, Ochirkhand
dc.contributor.authorMehmood, Waiser
dc.contributor.authorHassan, Ammad
dc.contributor.authorGaabab, Brahim
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-26T10:01:37Z
dc.date.available2020-02-26T10:01:37Z
dc.date.copyright2015
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionThis article is not available at CUD collection. The version of scholarly record of this Article is published in Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (2016), available online at: https://doi.org/10.1002/wcm.2601.en_US
dc.description.abstractTechnology has revolutionized medical practices by enabling more convenient and non-intrusive monitoring of patient's health, leading to next generation ubiquitous healthcare (u-healthcare). The exploitation of the Internet protocol version 6 addressing space along with the miniaturization of electronic devices has fostered providing interoperability and connectivity of wearable sensor devices in wireless body area networks to the Internet of Things. In this paper, we propose to integrate the IPv6 over low power wireless personal area network (6LoWPAN) to the u-healthcare monitoring system architecture. The main objective is to study the feasibility of the 6LoWPAN-enabled platform in real-world scenarios dealing with medical data. The performance evaluation of this platform is carried out initially through simulations using OMNet++ and then supported by an experimental study using sensor motes and a customized micro-computing unit. Performance metrics such as throughput, end-to-end delay, packet error rate, and energy consumption are investigated under acute health conditions, where patient's health information has to be sent continuously and at maximum rate to the care provider. The obtained results show that the proposed 6LoWPAN solution fulfills the main quality of service requirements of u-healthcare applications. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTouati, F., Mnaouer, A. B., Erdene-Ochir, O., Mehmood, W., Hassan, A., & Gaabab, B. (2016). Feasibility and performance evaluation of a 6LoWPAN-enabled platform for ubiquitous healthcare monitoring. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 16(10), 1271–1281. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcm.2601en_US
dc.identifier.issn15308669
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wcm.2601
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12519/169
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJohn Wiley and Sons Ltden_US
dc.relationAuthors Affiliations: Touati, F., Department of Electrical Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar; Mnaouer, A.B., Canadian University of Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Erdene-Ochir, O., Department of Electrical Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar; Mehmood, W., Department of Electrical Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar; Hassan, A., Department of Electrical Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar; Gaabab, B., MACS Laboratory, National Engineering School of Gabes, Gabes, Tunisia
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWireless Communications and Mobile Computing;Vol. 16, no. 10
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dc.subjectCommunication channels (information theory)en_US
dc.subjectDigital devicesen_US
dc.subjectEnergy utilizationen_US
dc.subjectHealthen_US
dc.subjectInterneten_US
dc.subjectInternet protocolsen_US
dc.subjectLow power electronicsen_US
dc.subjectNetworks (circuits)en_US
dc.subjectPersonal communication systemsen_US
dc.subjectQuality of serviceen_US
dc.subjectSensor nodesen_US
dc.subjectWearable sensorsen_US
dc.subjectWireless local area networks (WLAN)en_US
dc.titleFeasibility and performance evaluation of a 6LoWPAN-enabled platform for ubiquitous healthcare monitoringen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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