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6.25. HIP (Host Identity Protocol)
The IETF has developed various mechanisms to integrate things
with the Internet. HIP is an identification technology which is part of
this set of measures. This protocol is standardized by the IETF in
RFC 4423 and the series RFC 5201 to 5207.
In the world of IP, there are two main naming conventions: IP
addresses and the domain-name system. The purpose of HIP is to
separate the endpoint ID and the localization of IP addresses. This
approach is of the same type as LISP, described in Chapter 4.
For this purpose, HIP introduces a namespace based on a PKI
infrastructure. This space enables us to manage multihoming securely.
The IP addresses are replaced by encoded Host Identities (HIs).
6.26. The Internet of Things in the medical domain
The use of the Internet in the medical domain is on the rise, with
7 billion people to monitor, diagnose and care for. The long-term idea
is to be able to continuously monitor individuals with a view to
advising them or alerting them to any problems detected. A priori, in
the future, everybody will be able to have uninterrupted connection to
a Cloud, which will analyze the data provided by sensors both inside
the body and on the surface. The power of the Cloud will be such that
we will be able to analyze, compare and make diagnoses on the basis
of this stored dataset. Essential characteristics in this field are security,
“privacy” – i.e. the private nature of the data – and the very low
energy consumption of the sensors, which must be able to operate for
months on end with no need to change the batteries. This environment
is being established bit by bit, and we shall now go on to describe the
main advances from the networking standpoint.
The first element that we shall discuss is the sensor network
adapted for use with the human body, called a BAN (Body Area
Network). An example of a BAN is shown in Figure 6.24.
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6.25. HIP (Host Identity Protocol)
The IETF has developed various mechanisms to integrate things
with the Internet. HIP is an identification technology which is part of
this set of measures. This protocol is standardized by the IETF in
RFC 4423 and the series RFC 5201 to 5207.
In the world of IP, there are two main naming conventions: IP
addresses and the domain-name system. The purpose of HIP is to
separate the endpoint ID and the localization of IP addresses. This
approach is of the same type as LISP, described in Chapter 4.
For this purpose, HIP introduces a namespace based on a PKI
infrastructure. This space enables us to manage multihoming securely.
The IP addresses are replaced by encoded Host Identities (HIs).
6.26. The Internet of Things in the medical domain
The use of the Internet in the medical domain is on the rise, with
7 billion people to monitor, diagnose and care for. The long-term idea
is to be able to continuously monitor individuals with a view to
advising them or alerting them to any problems detected. A priori, in
the future, everybody will be able to have uninterrupted connection to
a Cloud, which will analyze the data provided by sensors both inside
the body and on the surface. The power of the Cloud will be such that
we will be able to analyze, compare and make diagnoses on the basis
of this stored dataset. Essential characteristics in this field are security,
“privacy” – i.e. the private nature of the data – and the very low
energy consumption of the sensors, which must be able to operate for
months on end with no need to change the batteries. This environment
is being established bit by bit, and we shall now go on to describe the
main advances from the networking standpoint.
The first element that we shall discuss is the sensor network
adapted for use with the human body, called a BAN (Body Area
Network). An example of a BAN is shown in Figure 6.24.
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