IoT Devices Overhead: A Simulation Study of eHealth Solutions over a Hospitals’ Network

Gabriel Costa, Edvard Martins de Oliveira, Mário Henrique Souza Pardo

2024

Abstract

As Internet of Thing (IoT) applications for eHealth gain momentum, one aspect becomes critical: the underlying network infrastructure. The efficient operation of interconnected devices hinges upon a robust and reliable network architecture, that can present formidable barriers to IoT’s potential. In this paper we analyze the capacity of a typical hospital network infrastructure to implement new eHealth solutions, given the number of devices required in a average setup. We use the IFogSim Simulator to model a network setup for a hospital, selecting parameters for the devices from state-of-the-art solutions. This work is an important investigation on the overload a collection of IoT devices may cause in a common network setup, and could be used for planning ahead the installation of eHealth solutions. Our results show that a realistic arrange for IoT solutions might impact significantly the network flow, energy consumption and processing time. Also, the number of gateways reflects on the working capacity of the general system, turning from a distribution point to a bottleneck. The environment provides a reliable representation, allowing the extrapolation of the scenarios.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Costa G., Martins de Oliveira E. and Souza Pardo M. (2024). IoT Devices Overhead: A Simulation Study of eHealth Solutions over a Hospitals’ Network. In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER; ISBN 978-989-758-701-6, SciTePress, pages 176-183. DOI: 10.5220/0012631400003711

in Bibtex Style

@conference{closer24,
author={Gabriel Costa and Edvard Martins de Oliveira and Mário Henrique Souza Pardo},
title={IoT Devices Overhead: A Simulation Study of eHealth Solutions over a Hospitals’ Network},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER},
year={2024},
pages={176-183},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012631400003711},
isbn={978-989-758-701-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER
TI - IoT Devices Overhead: A Simulation Study of eHealth Solutions over a Hospitals’ Network
SN - 978-989-758-701-6
AU - Costa G.
AU - Martins de Oliveira E.
AU - Souza Pardo M.
PY - 2024
SP - 176
EP - 183
DO - 10.5220/0012631400003711
PB - SciTePress