A Network Architecture and Routing Protocol for the MEDIcal WARNing System
The MEDIcal WARNing (MEDIWARN) system continuously and automatically monitors the vital parameters of pre-intensive care hospitalized patients and, thanks to an intelligent processing system, provides the medical teams with a better understanding of their patients’ clinical condition, thus enabling...
Main Authors: | , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
MDPI AG
2021-06-01
|
Series: | Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2224-2708/10/3/44 |
id |
doaj-488aeae283ec4c7085b9dd3b39a9bafe |
---|---|
record_format |
Article |
spelling |
doaj-488aeae283ec4c7085b9dd3b39a9bafe2021-09-26T00:32:44ZengMDPI AGJournal of Sensor and Actuator Networks2224-27082021-06-0110444410.3390/jsan10030044A Network Architecture and Routing Protocol for the MEDIcal WARNing SystemLuca Leonardi0Lucia Lo Bello1Gaetano Patti2Orazio Ragusa3Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, ItalyDepartment of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, ItalyDepartment of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, ItalyDepartment of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, ItalyThe MEDIcal WARNing (MEDIWARN) system continuously and automatically monitors the vital parameters of pre-intensive care hospitalized patients and, thanks to an intelligent processing system, provides the medical teams with a better understanding of their patients’ clinical condition, thus enabling a prompt reaction to any change. Since the hospital units generally lack a wired infrastructure, a wireless network is required to collect sensor data in a server for processing purposes. This work presents the MEDIWARN communication system, addressing both the network architecture and a simple, lightweight and configurable routing protocol that fits the system requirements, such as the ability to offer path redundancy and mobility support without significantly increasing the network workload and latency. The novel protocol, called the MultiPath Routing Protocol for MEDIWARN (MP-RPM), was therefore designed as a solution to support low-latency reliable transmissions on a dynamic network while limiting the network overhead due to the control messages. The paper describes the MEDIWARN communication system and addresses the experimental performance evaluation of an implementation in a real use-case scenario. Moreover, the work discusses a simulative assessment of the MEDIWARN communication system performance obtained using different routing protocols. In particular, the timeliness and reliability results obtained by the MP-RPM routing protocol are compared with those obtained by two widely adopted routing protocols, i.e., the Ad-hoc On-demand Distance Vector (AODV) and the Destination-Sequenced Distance-Vector Routing (DSDV).https://www.mdpi.com/2224-2708/10/3/44health monitoringnetwork architecturewireless mesh networkswireless sensor networks |
collection |
DOAJ |
language |
English |
format |
Article |
sources |
DOAJ |
author |
Luca Leonardi Lucia Lo Bello Gaetano Patti Orazio Ragusa |
spellingShingle |
Luca Leonardi Lucia Lo Bello Gaetano Patti Orazio Ragusa A Network Architecture and Routing Protocol for the MEDIcal WARNing System Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks health monitoring network architecture wireless mesh networks wireless sensor networks |
author_facet |
Luca Leonardi Lucia Lo Bello Gaetano Patti Orazio Ragusa |
author_sort |
Luca Leonardi |
title |
A Network Architecture and Routing Protocol for the MEDIcal WARNing System |
title_short |
A Network Architecture and Routing Protocol for the MEDIcal WARNing System |
title_full |
A Network Architecture and Routing Protocol for the MEDIcal WARNing System |
title_fullStr |
A Network Architecture and Routing Protocol for the MEDIcal WARNing System |
title_full_unstemmed |
A Network Architecture and Routing Protocol for the MEDIcal WARNing System |
title_sort |
network architecture and routing protocol for the medical warning system |
publisher |
MDPI AG |
series |
Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks |
issn |
2224-2708 |
publishDate |
2021-06-01 |
description |
The MEDIcal WARNing (MEDIWARN) system continuously and automatically monitors the vital parameters of pre-intensive care hospitalized patients and, thanks to an intelligent processing system, provides the medical teams with a better understanding of their patients’ clinical condition, thus enabling a prompt reaction to any change. Since the hospital units generally lack a wired infrastructure, a wireless network is required to collect sensor data in a server for processing purposes. This work presents the MEDIWARN communication system, addressing both the network architecture and a simple, lightweight and configurable routing protocol that fits the system requirements, such as the ability to offer path redundancy and mobility support without significantly increasing the network workload and latency. The novel protocol, called the MultiPath Routing Protocol for MEDIWARN (MP-RPM), was therefore designed as a solution to support low-latency reliable transmissions on a dynamic network while limiting the network overhead due to the control messages. The paper describes the MEDIWARN communication system and addresses the experimental performance evaluation of an implementation in a real use-case scenario. Moreover, the work discusses a simulative assessment of the MEDIWARN communication system performance obtained using different routing protocols. In particular, the timeliness and reliability results obtained by the MP-RPM routing protocol are compared with those obtained by two widely adopted routing protocols, i.e., the Ad-hoc On-demand Distance Vector (AODV) and the Destination-Sequenced Distance-Vector Routing (DSDV). |
topic |
health monitoring network architecture wireless mesh networks wireless sensor networks |
url |
https://www.mdpi.com/2224-2708/10/3/44 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT lucaleonardi anetworkarchitectureandroutingprotocolforthemedicalwarningsystem AT lucialobello anetworkarchitectureandroutingprotocolforthemedicalwarningsystem AT gaetanopatti anetworkarchitectureandroutingprotocolforthemedicalwarningsystem AT orazioragusa anetworkarchitectureandroutingprotocolforthemedicalwarningsystem AT lucaleonardi networkarchitectureandroutingprotocolforthemedicalwarningsystem AT lucialobello networkarchitectureandroutingprotocolforthemedicalwarningsystem AT gaetanopatti networkarchitectureandroutingprotocolforthemedicalwarningsystem AT orazioragusa networkarchitectureandroutingprotocolforthemedicalwarningsystem |
_version_ |
1716870415082586112 |