title: A cloud-based X73 ubiquitous mobile healthcare system: design and implementation.
abstract: Based on the user-centric paradigm for next generation networks, this paper describes a ubiquitous mobile healthcare (uHealth) system based on the ISO/IEEE 11073 personal health data (PHD) standards (X73) and cloud computing techniques. A number of design issues associated with the system implementation are outlined. The system includes a middleware on the user side, providing a plug-and-play environment for heterogeneous wireless sensors and mobile terminals utilizing different communication protocols and a distributed "big data" processing subsystem in the cloud. The design and implementation of this system are envisaged as an efficient solution for the next generation of uHealth systems.
authors.affiliation: Telecommunications Research Centre (TRC), University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland ; College of Information, Hebei United University, Tangshan 063009, China.
authors.forename: Zhanlin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.affiliation: Telecommunications Research Centre (TRC), University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0535-7087
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ganchev
authors.affiliation: Telecommunications Research Centre (TRC), University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
authors.forename: Máirtín
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Droma
authors.affiliation: College of Information, Hebei United University, Tangshan 063009, China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology, University of Science and Technology, Beijing 100080, China.
authors.forename: Xueji
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D038622:Internationality; D020407:Internet / Q000592:standards*; D063731:Mobile Applications / Q000592:standards*; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000592:standards*; D012984:Software / Q000592:standards*; D012985:Software Design; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000592:standards*
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