Digital health in smart cities: Rethinking the remote health monitoring architecture on combining edge, fog, and cloud

Rodrigues VF, da Rosa Righi R, da Costa CA, Zeiser FA, Eskofier B, Maier A, Kim D (2023)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2023

Journal

Health and Technology Springer Verlag

DOI: 10.1007/s12553-023-00753-3

Abstract

Purpose: Smart cities that support the execution of health services are more and more in evidence today. Here, it is mainstream to use IoT-based vital sign data to serve a multi-tier architecture. The state-of-the-art proposes the combination of edge, fog, and cloud computing to support critical health applications efficiently. However, to the best of our knowledge, initiatives typically present the architectures, not bringing adaptation and execution optimizations to address health demands fully. Methods: This article introduces the VitalSense model, which provides a hierarchical multi-tier remote health monitoring architecture in smart cities by combining edge, fog, and cloud computing. Results: Although using a traditional composition, our contributions appear in handling each infrastructure level. We explore adaptive data compression and homomorphic encryption at the edge, a multi-tier notification mechanism, low latency health traceability with data sharding, a Serverless execution engine to support multiple fog layers, and an offloading mechanism based on service and person computing priorities. Conclusions: This article details the rationale behind these topics, describing VitalSense use cases for disruptive healthcare services and preliminary insights regarding prototype evaluation.

Authors with CRIS profile

Felipe Andre Zeiser Lehrstuhl für Informatik 5 (Mustererkennung) Björn Eskofier Machine Learning and Data Analytics Lab Andreas Maier Lehrstuhl für Informatik 5 (Mustererkennung)

Involved external institutions

Unisinos (Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos) BR Brazil (BR) Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) KR Korea, Republic of (KR)

How to cite

APA:

Rodrigues, V.F., da Rosa Righi, R., da Costa, C.A., Zeiser, F.A., Eskofier, B., Maier, A., & Kim, D. (2023). Digital health in smart cities: Rethinking the remote health monitoring architecture on combining edge, fog, and cloud. Health and Technology. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12553-023-00753-3

MLA:

Rodrigues, Vinicius Facco, et al. "Digital health in smart cities: Rethinking the remote health monitoring architecture on combining edge, fog, and cloud." Health and Technology (2023).

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