Towards Safety, Security and Reliability of Data Communication in IoT AAL Applications

Aida Čaušević; Maryam Vahabi; Hossein Fotouhi; Mats Björkman; Kristina Lundqvist

doi:10.2478/bhee-2017-0004

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Towards Safety, Security and Reliability of Data Communication in IoT AAL Applications

B&H Electrical Engineering

Volume 11 (2017): Issue 1 (December 2017)

By: Aida Čaušević, Maryam Vahabi, Hossein Fotouhi, Mats Björkman and Kristina Lundqvist

Open Access

|Dec 2017

Abstract

Internet of Things (IoT) Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) systems are expected to enable the next generation healthcare, in the era of increased number of elderly and disabled people.

IoT AAL is assumed to enable healthcare in the comfort of patients’ own homes, and keep the cost of the healthcare within economically acceptable range. In this paper, we focus on a health monitoring system consisting of a number of sensing devices, cloud services, remote hospital offices connected via communication infrastructure (e.g., WiFi, cellular networks, etc.) aiming at providing safe, secure, reliable and time-efficient services.

We identify challenges related to guaranteeing these properties and provide a brief description of our approach that enables reasoning about reliable and time-efficient communication, and outline an approach for risk analysis of safety and security properties.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhee-2017-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2566-3151 | Journal ISSN: 2566-3143

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Language: English

Page range: 36 - 40

Submitted on: Oct 1, 2017

Accepted on: Nov 1, 2017

Published on: Dec 31, 2017

Published by: Bosnia and Herzegovina National Committee CIGRÉ

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

Keywords:

IoT,

AAL,

safety,

security,

reliable communication

Related subjects:

Computer sciences,

Computer sciences, other,

Engineering,

Electrical engineering,

Fundamentals of electrical engineering,

Mechanical engineering,

Mechatronics and automotive

© 2017 Aida Čaušević, Maryam Vahabi, Hossein Fotouhi, Mats Björkman, Kristina Lundqvist, published by Bosnia and Herzegovina National Committee CIGRÉ
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 11 (2017): Issue 1 (December 2017)