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ZTE Communications ›› 2014, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (3): 30-37.DOI: DOI:10.3939/j.issn.1673-5188.2014.03.004

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Prototype for Integrating Internet of Things and Emergency Service in an IP Multimedia Subsystem forWireless Body Area Networks

Kai-Di Chang1, Jiann-Liang Chen1, and Han-Chieh Chao2   

  1. 1. Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, China;
    2. Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Nation ILan University, Taiwan, China
  • Received:2014-04-03 Online:2014-09-25 Published:2014-09-25
  • About author:Kai-Di Chang (kedy@ieee.org) received his BS degree in electrical engineering from National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan, in 2007. He received his MS degree from the Institute of C0omputer Science and Information Engineering, National ILan University, Taiwan. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree in electrical engineering at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. He is a student member of IEEE. His research interests include cloud computing, IP multimedia subsystems, Internet of Things, and network security. He is also a researcher at United Daily News Digital Taiwan, where his primary role is to research and develop ICT technologies according to his research interests. His professional certifications include IRCA Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) Auditor / Lead Auditor (ISO 27001:2005), 2009; Cisco Certified Academy Instructor (CCAI) for CCNA Security (CCNAS), 2010; and BS 10012 Personal Information Management System Lead Auditor (TLATPI0109), 2013.

    Jiann-Liang Chen (lchen@mail.ntust.edu.tw) received his PhD degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University, in 1989. Since August 1997, he has worked in the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Dong Hwa University. He is currently a professor and vice dean of Science and Engineering College at that university. He is also a full professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. His current research interests include cellular mobility management, digital home network, telematics applications, cloud computing, and RFID middleware design. He is an IEEE Senior Member and UK BCS fellow. He has published more than 150 papers in journals and conferences proceedings and also holds several patents.

    Han-Chieh Chao (hcc@niu.edu.tw) received his MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in 1989 and 1993. He is a jointly appointed professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering and Institute of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Ilan University, Taiwan. He also holds a joint professorship in the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan. His research interests include high-speed networks, wireless networks, and IPv6 based networks and applications. He is an IEEE senior member and fellow of the IET and BCS.

Prototype for Integrating Internet of Things and Emergency Service in an IP Multimedia Subsystem forWireless Body Area Networks

Kai-Di Chang1, Jiann-Liang Chen1, and Han-Chieh Chao2   

  1. 1. Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, China;
    2. Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Nation ILan University, Taiwan, China
  • 作者简介:Kai-Di Chang (kedy@ieee.org) received his BS degree in electrical engineering from National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan, in 2007. He received his MS degree from the Institute of C0omputer Science and Information Engineering, National ILan University, Taiwan. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree in electrical engineering at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. He is a student member of IEEE. His research interests include cloud computing, IP multimedia subsystems, Internet of Things, and network security. He is also a researcher at United Daily News Digital Taiwan, where his primary role is to research and develop ICT technologies according to his research interests. His professional certifications include IRCA Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) Auditor / Lead Auditor (ISO 27001:2005), 2009; Cisco Certified Academy Instructor (CCAI) for CCNA Security (CCNAS), 2010; and BS 10012 Personal Information Management System Lead Auditor (TLATPI0109), 2013.

    Jiann-Liang Chen (lchen@mail.ntust.edu.tw) received his PhD degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University, in 1989. Since August 1997, he has worked in the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Dong Hwa University. He is currently a professor and vice dean of Science and Engineering College at that university. He is also a full professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. His current research interests include cellular mobility management, digital home network, telematics applications, cloud computing, and RFID middleware design. He is an IEEE Senior Member and UK BCS fellow. He has published more than 150 papers in journals and conferences proceedings and also holds several patents.

    Han-Chieh Chao (hcc@niu.edu.tw) received his MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in 1989 and 1993. He is a jointly appointed professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering and Institute of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Ilan University, Taiwan. He also holds a joint professorship in the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan. His research interests include high-speed networks, wireless networks, and IPv6 based networks and applications. He is an IEEE senior member and fellow of the IET and BCS.

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Abstract: In recent years, the application of the Internet of Things (IoT) has become an emerging business. The most important concept of next-generation network for providing a common global IT platform is combining seamless networks and networked things, objects or sensors. Also, wireless body area networks (WBANs) are becoming mature with the widespread usage of the IoT. In order to support WBAN, the platform, scenario and emergency service are necessary due to the sensors in WBAN being related to wearer's life. The sensors on the body detect a lot of information about bioinformatics and medical signals, such as heartbeat and blood. Thus, the integration of IoT and network communication in daily life is important. However, there is not only a lack of common fabric for integrating IoT with current Internet and but also no emergency call process in the current network communication environment. To overcome such situations, the prototype of integrating IoT and emergency call process is discussed. A simulated bootstrap platform to provide the discussion of open challenges and solutions for deploying IoT in Internet and the emergency communication system are analyzed by using a service of 3GPP IP multimedia subsystem. Finally, the prototype for supporting WBAN with emergence service is also addressed and the performance results are useful to service providers and network operators that they can estimate their migration to IoT by referring to this experience and experiment results. Furthermore, the queuing model used to achieve the performance of emergency service in IMS and the delay time of the proposed model is analyzed.

Key words: IoT, WBAN, radio frequency identification (RFID), emergency service, IP multimedia subsystem

摘要： In recent years, the application of the Internet of Things (IoT) has become an emerging business. The most important concept of next-generation network for providing a common global IT platform is combining seamless networks and networked things, objects or sensors. Also, wireless body area networks (WBANs) are becoming mature with the widespread usage of the IoT. In order to support WBAN, the platform, scenario and emergency service are necessary due to the sensors in WBAN being related to wearer's life. The sensors on the body detect a lot of information about bioinformatics and medical signals, such as heartbeat and blood. Thus, the integration of IoT and network communication in daily life is important. However, there is not only a lack of common fabric for integrating IoT with current Internet and but also no emergency call process in the current network communication environment. To overcome such situations, the prototype of integrating IoT and emergency call process is discussed. A simulated bootstrap platform to provide the discussion of open challenges and solutions for deploying IoT in Internet and the emergency communication system are analyzed by using a service of 3GPP IP multimedia subsystem. Finally, the prototype for supporting WBAN with emergence service is also addressed and the performance results are useful to service providers and network operators that they can estimate their migration to IoT by referring to this experience and experiment results. Furthermore, the queuing model used to achieve the performance of emergency service in IMS and the delay time of the proposed model is analyzed.

关键词: IoT, WBAN, radio frequency identification (RFID), emergency service, IP multimedia subsystem