• Pramod Kumar

The compelling advancements in the development of Internet-of-Things (IoT) enabling technologies have sparked the emergence of new and interesting applications in recent years. This adaptive tendency is being led by Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), and smart mobile technologies, among others. In response to this trend, this article presents a new IoT-aware smart architecture for automated monitoring and tracking of patients, staff, and biomedical devices in hospitals and nursing institutions. We propose a Smart Hospital System (SHS) that depends on various, but complimentary, technologies, such as RFID, WSN, and smart mobile, interoperating with each other via a CoAP/6LoWPAN/REST network architecture, in keeping with the IoT vision. The SHS uses an ultra-low-power Hybrid Sensing Network (HSN) made up of 6 LoWPAN nodes with UHF RFID functionality to gather both ambient and patient physiological data in real time. The sensed data is sent to a control center, where a sophisticated monitoring program makes them available through a REST web service to both local and distant users. The basic proof of concept used to verify the proposed SHS has shown a number of important capabilities and unique features that constitute a substantial advancement above the current state of the art.

CoAP, Healthcare, 6LoWPAN, RFID, WSN

"An Overview of IoT-Aware Architecture for Smart Healthcare Systems", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no.38-42, September 2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFJ06009.pdf

"An Overview of IoT-Aware Architecture for Smart Healthcare Systems", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no. pp38-42, September 2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFJ06009.pdf