Intelligent Agent Based RFID Wireless Body Sensor Mesh Network - Cloud Environment

Abstract

Patient monitoring is a very critical function carried out in health care facilities on a daily basis. This is normally done manually and or by Wireless Body Sensor Networks (WBSN) which are physically monitored by medical staffs. In this paper, we propose a system for patient monitoring that combines the benefits of Wireless Body Sensors, Mesh Networks and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). Creating a RFID Wireless Body Sensor Mesh Network (RFID WBSMN) provides a reliable infrastructure based network with more range. Intelligent Agents are proposed towards taking decision based on the physiological parameters monitored. Cloud Computing technology is also proposed for supporting a community of healthcare facilities and remote patients. The Cloud-based architecture is expected to provide a cost effective platform for the system implementation using the many "As A Service" provisions such as Infrastructure (IaaS), Platform (PaaS) and Software (SaaS). The details of which are provided in the paper.