In this paper we present our experience with developing telehealth applications using smartphones in conjunction with a mobile service provisioning middleware platform named Odin. Common requirements for mobile telehealth applications include the need to support multiple stakeholders, high levels of connectivity between users, real-time interaction, bidirectional communication channels for exchanging diverse data types, computationally intensive processing and security. Meeting these needs is a non-trivial task in mobile execution environments given the limitations of mobile devices and wireless and mobile networks. Odin enables a separation of concerns between application functionality and resource management governing mobile devices and wireless networking. Using Odin, application developers can rapidly develop telehealth applications without needing to address underlying complexity. We describe development of an Odin-based monitoring application that meets many of the aforementioned requirements associated with mobile telehealth. Based on evaluation, results for smartphone power consumption, network bandwidth usage, and communication latency suggest that Odin is an appropriate platform for general telehealth applications.
The 8th International Conference on Mobile Web Information Systems (MobiWIS) was held in conjunction with the 2nd International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies
Publication classification
E Conference publication, E1.1 Full written paper - refereed
Copyright notice
2011, Elsevier
Title of proceedings
MobiWIS 2011 : Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Mobile Web Information Systems
Event
Mobile Web Information Systems. International Conference (8th : 2011 : Niagara Falls, Ontario)