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The Edge IoT devices can be all kinds of smart homes, smarter healthcare, intelligent transport, intelligent buildings and smart cities with different capabilities, and
a large array of appliances can be installed. In the current cloud and application
facilities, it is normal for such vast quantities of edge devices, as a majority of the
computing, storage and networking resources of these power data centres that come
from application-service providers (ASP) that operate directly with the web servers
on a limited number of dispersed larger data centres [72, 73]. The same process is
applicable for sensing devices also. In general, this cutting-edge cloud work is in
the beginning and a lot of problems must be dealt with. There are several exhaustive
analyses of the current state of research and edge cloud activities are reported by
different researchers. In which emphasis was on the future main technologies such
as Network functions virtualization (NFV), Software-defined networking (SDN),
sensors and a new insight in a potential IoT application. Yet, security is crucial for
IoT systems in the deployment as demand for sensitive data protection in applications
like healthcare.
13.4 Conclusion
In this chapter we have discussed the flexible wearable sensors for IoT based continuous health monitoring systems. There are two types of wearable sensors present.
One is a flexible wearable skin sensor and the other one is non-flexible like a wrist
watch. Flexible wearable sensors are able to monitor health continuously. At present
it has some limitations and can monitor only few things like heart rate monitoring,
body analytes, pH, temperature, glucose. Flexible wearable sensors mainly used
organic materials with printing and spin coating as main instruments to fabricate
the devices and sensors. Even different RAM and electronic circuits are fabricated
with these techniques. A wearable energy source is also under studied. Finally these
sensors can be attached with different communication systems for the realization of
a true IoT based healthcare system. Mostly local proximity connection with smartphones is used for these applications. Security in IoT based healthcare systems is
another challenge. In future it may be possible to have an individual lab on body
with IoT for day to day healthcare monitoring systems. These IoT based wearable
healthcare systems will reduce pollution in the environment and make a sustainable
environment for future generations.
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The Edge IoT devices can be all kinds of smart homes, smarter healthcare, intelligent transport, intelligent buildings and smart cities with different capabilities, and
a large array of appliances can be installed. In the current cloud and application
facilities, it is normal for such vast quantities of edge devices, as a majority of the
computing, storage and networking resources of these power data centres that come
from application-service providers (ASP) that operate directly with the web servers
on a limited number of dispersed larger data centres [72, 73]. The same process is
applicable for sensing devices also. In general, this cutting-edge cloud work is in
the beginning and a lot of problems must be dealt with. There are several exhaustive
analyses of the current state of research and edge cloud activities are reported by
different researchers. In which emphasis was on the future main technologies such
as Network functions virtualization (NFV), Software-defined networking (SDN),
sensors and a new insight in a potential IoT application. Yet, security is crucial for
IoT systems in the deployment as demand for sensitive data protection in applications
like healthcare.
13.4 Conclusion
In this chapter we have discussed the flexible wearable sensors for IoT based continuous health monitoring systems. There are two types of wearable sensors present.
One is a flexible wearable skin sensor and the other one is non-flexible like a wrist
watch. Flexible wearable sensors are able to monitor health continuously. At present
it has some limitations and can monitor only few things like heart rate monitoring,
body analytes, pH, temperature, glucose. Flexible wearable sensors mainly used
organic materials with printing and spin coating as main instruments to fabricate
the devices and sensors. Even different RAM and electronic circuits are fabricated
with these techniques. A wearable energy source is also under studied. Finally these
sensors can be attached with different communication systems for the realization of
a true IoT based healthcare system. Mostly local proximity connection with smartphones is used for these applications. Security in IoT based healthcare systems is
another challenge. In future it may be possible to have an individual lab on body
with IoT for day to day healthcare monitoring systems. These IoT based wearable
healthcare systems will reduce pollution in the environment and make a sustainable
environment for future generations.