Computer System Engineering Department, Palestine Technical University-Kadoorie, Tulkarem P305, Palestine.
Computer Science Department, Palestine Technical University-Kadoorie, Tulkarem P305, Palestine.
Sensors (Basel). 2022 Nov 9;22(22):8646. doi: 10.3390/s22228646.
This paper proposes a three-computing-layer architecture consisting of Edge, Fog, and Cloud for remote health vital signs monitoring. The novelty of this architecture is in using the Narrow-Band IoT (NB-IoT) for communicating with a large number of devices and covering large areas with minimum power consumption. Additionally, the architecture reduces the communication delay as the edge layer serves the health terminal devices with initial decisions and prioritizes data transmission for minimizing congestion on base stations. The paper also investigates different authentication protocols for improving security while maintaining low computation and transmission time. For data analysis, different machine learning algorithms, such as decision tree, support vector machines, and logistic regression, are used on the three layers. The proposed architecture is evaluated using CloudSim, iFogSim, and ns3-NB-IoT on real data consisting of medical vital signs. The results show that the proposed architecture reduces the NB-IoT delay by 59.9%, the execution time by an average of 38.5%, and authentication time by 35.1% for a large number of devices. This paper concludes that the NB-IoT combined with edge, fog, and cloud computing can support efficient remote health monitoring for large devices and large areas.
本文提出了一种由边缘、雾和云三层计算架构组成的远程健康生命体征监测系统。该架构的新颖之处在于使用窄带物联网(NB-IoT)与大量设备进行通信,并以最小的功耗覆盖大面积区域。此外,该架构通过边缘层为健康终端设备提供初步决策,并优先传输数据,从而减少基站拥塞,降低通信延迟。本文还研究了不同的认证协议,以在保持低计算和传输时间的同时提高安全性。对于数据分析,决策树、支持向量机和逻辑回归等不同的机器学习算法在这三个层面上都有应用。使用 CloudSim、iFogSim 和 ns3-NB-IoT 在包含医疗生命体征的真实数据上对所提出的架构进行了评估。结果表明,对于大量设备,所提出的架构可将 NB-IoT 延迟降低 59.9%,执行时间平均降低 38.5%,认证时间降低 35.1%。本文得出结论,NB-IoT 与边缘、雾和云计算相结合,可以支持对大量设备和大面积区域的高效远程健康监测。