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Internet of nano-things healthcare applications: Requirements, opportunities, and challenges

Ali, Najah Abu, Abu-Elkheir, Mervat·2015·2015 IEEE 11th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob)

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Ubiquitous healthcare is becoming a reality thanks to the advances in sensing and communication technologies, which make it possible to provide monitoring and diagnosis services outside the premises of healthcare providers. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the main paradigm through which medical devices will be connected to the Internet, thereby empowering near-realtime health services and transforming a patient's physical space into a smart space. Recent developments in nanotechnology are giving rise to the Internet of Nano-Things, with a new set of finegrained and highly sophisticated healthcare applications that can be run inside the human body. In this paper, we outline a vision of the ubiquitous healthcare ecosystem and its architectural requirements in order to incorporate nanonetworks. We identify some of the envisioned IoNT healthcare applications and the IoNT requirements that are necessary to support the different application categories, as well as the underlying healthcare service opportunities. In order to understand the current status of implementation, we provide a brief analysis of the major efforts targeted at IoNT performance analysis and evaluation. We finally discuss the most pressing challenges that the IoNT paradigm poses for healthcare applications and services.

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Authors
Ali, N. A., & Abu-Elkheir, M.
Affiliations
  • United Arab Emirates University (AE)
  • Mansoura University (EG)
Venue
2015 IEEE 11th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob)
Publisher
IEEE
Published
2015-10
Pages
9-14
OpenAlex
W2185078492
Cited by
70
References
20
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 3
FWCI
10.90
Type
conference paper
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob) (publishedVersion)
Funders
United Arab Emirates University
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Nanotechnology research and applications
Keywords
Internet of Nano Things, Internet of Things, ubiquitous healthcare, nanonetworks, nanomedicine, medical device connectivity, healthcare monitoring, healthcare diagnosis, smart environments

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