The design and implementation of a wireless healthcare application for WSN-enabled IMS environments

May El Barachi, Zayed University
Omar Alfandi, Zayed University

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Source of Publication

2013 IEEE 10th Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC 2013

Publication Date

4-15-2013

Abstract

The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is one of the key components of third generation (3G) networks, while Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are an emerging type of networks formed by a set of distributed sensor nodes that collaborate to monitor environmental and physical conditions. Combining the capabilities of WSNs and the IMS opens the door to a wide range of personalized and adaptive value added services for 3G users. We have previously proposed a solution for WSN/IMS integration. This solution enriches the IMS architecture with context acquisition and management components, and enables access to those capabilities via standard IMS interfaces. Wireless healthcare is one of the important application areas that can benefit from the combined IMS/WSNs capabilities. In this paper, we focus on this application area and present a case study on the design and implementation of a context-aware IMS wireless healthcare application, that leverages the capabilities of our WSN/IMS integration solution. The application's detailed scenario and IMS deployment architecture are presented and a prototype is built and tested using Ericsson's IMS simulated environment. © 2013 IEEE.

ISBN

9781467331333

Publisher

IEEE

First Page

892

Last Page

897

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

Keywords

Context-awareness, Integration, The IP multimedia subsystem, Wireless healthcare, Wireless sensor networks

Scopus ID

84875996039

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

no

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