Fog Computing for Healthcare 4.0 Environments Technical, Societal, and Future Implications

This book provides an analysis of the role of fog computing, cloud computing, and Internet of Things in providing uninterrupted context-aware services as they relate to Healthcare 4.0. The book considers a three-layer patient-driven healthcare architecture for real-time data collection, processing,...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Tanwar, Sudeep (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2021, 2021
Edition:1st ed. 2021
Series:Signals and Communication Technology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book provides an analysis of the role of fog computing, cloud computing, and Internet of Things in providing uninterrupted context-aware services as they relate to Healthcare 4.0. The book considers a three-layer patient-driven healthcare architecture for real-time data collection, processing, and transmission. It gives insight to the readers for the applicability of fog devices and gateways in Healthcare 4.0 environments for current and future applications. It also considers aspects required to manage the complexity of fog computing for Healthcare 4.0 and also develops a comprehensive taxonomy. Presents the role of fog computing, cloud computing, and Internet of Things in relation to Healthcare 4.0; Features case studies to demonstrate the process model, showcasing future challenges associated with the fog computing for Healthcare 4.0; Demonstrates the enabling technologies for Healthcare 4.0 with their technical, societal, and future implications and fog-assisted security and privacy for Healthcare 4.0 in context.
Physical Description:XVII, 622 p. 201 illus., 171 illus. in color online resource
ISBN:9783030461973