A Network Structure for Medical Assistance in Rural and Urban Areas Using IoT Technology

摘要

A network structure using IoT technology for application in healthcare is proposed in this paper. The main idea is to combine the body sensor network (WBAN) that monitors the vital signs of a patient with RFIDs. RFID readers placed strategically close to the patients, collect data from the WBAN, and through a clustered configuration of these readers reach the medical centers where they are processed and presented to physicians for monitoring purposes. In this paper, the configuration of proposed network structure is presented and main issues for good operation of network are discussed. The link capacity necessary for good operation of network is estimated using queuing theory and the number of RFIDs that can be accommodated in a given link capacity is also estimated.