Research Article
DAPHNE: A Disruption-Tolerant Application Proxy for e-Health Network Environments
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-37893-5_10, author={Emmanouil Spanakis and Artemios Voyiatzis}, title={DAPHNE: A Disruption-Tolerant Application Proxy for e-Health Network Environments}, proceedings={Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. Third International Conference, MobiHealth 2012, Paris, France, November 21-23, 2012, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={MOBIHEALTH}, year={2013}, month={4}, keywords={Health Informatics Delay Tolerant Networks Biomedical Informatics Telemedicine Health Monitoring}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-37893-5_10} }- Emmanouil Spanakis
Artemios Voyiatzis
Year: 2013
DAPHNE: A Disruption-Tolerant Application Proxy for e-Health Network Environments
MOBIHEALTH
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-37893-5_10
Abstract
Future health informatics for personalized e-Health services rely on innovative technologies and systems for transparent and continuous collection of evidence-based medical information at any time, from anywhere, and despite the coverage and availability of communication means. We explore Disruption and Delay Tolerant Networking (DTN) as a novel approach for next-generation e-Health information exchange where end-to-end homogeneous networking connectivity is not available. This setting can occur in both rural and urban environments and in both disaster events and normal day-to-day life. The ability of DTN to provide in-transit persistent information storage allows the uninterruptible provision of crucial e-Health services overcoming network instabilities, incompatibilities, or even absence for a long duration. We further describe the integration efforts for a DTN proxy on an e-Health application and discuss experiences and lessons learned.