Recent Developments in Smart Healthcare

Medicine is undergoing a sector-wide transformation thanks to the advances in computing and networking technologies. Healthcare is changing from reactive and hospital-centered to preventive and personalized, from disease focused to well-being centered. In essence, the healthcare systems, as well as fundamental medicine research, are becoming smarter. We anticipate significant improvements in areas ranging from molecular genomics and proteomics to decision support for healthcare professionals through big data analytics, to support behavior changes through technology-enabled self-management, and social and motivational support. Furthermore, with smart technologies, healthcare delivery could also be made more efficient, higher quality, and lower cost. In this special issue, we received a total 45 submissions and accepted 19 outstanding papers that roughly span across several interesting topics on smart healthcare, including public health, health information technology (Health IT), and smart medicine

Avaliação de cenários 5G

A procura de aplicações de multimédia e voz nas comunicações sem fio tem vindo a crescer imenso nos últimos anos. Além disso, há novas classes de aplicações tais como as comunicações entre móveis de banda larga (eMBB), as comunicações ultra fiáveis e de baixa latência (URLLC), as comunicações massivas entre máquinas (mMTC) e a internet das coisas (IoT) ganharam recentemente muito interesse dentro das redes de comunicação de rádio móvel da quinta geração (5G). Nesta dissertação exploram-se alguns cenários de comunicações 5G. Analisam-se três cenários, um com ligações D2D device-to-device, outro com acesso assistido por Drones além do cenário comum das comunicações celulares como parte dos cenários 5G. As aplicações associadas incluem Automação industrial, Conetividade Automóvel e Comunicações Urbanas. Tomando como base a tecnologia e a estrutura de rede celular Long Term EvolutionAdvanced (LTE-A), nesta dissertação alterou-se o simulador de sistema celular existente para incluir os três cenários representativos da multi-conetividade da rede 5G. São apresentados os resultados obtidos em termos de throughput médio, distribuição do throughput, distribuição da relação sinal interferência, potência transmitida dos Drones, sua velocidade e alturaThe demand for wireless access in voice and multimedia applications has increased tremendously. In addition to these, new application classes, such as enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) communication, ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC), massive machine type communications (mMTC), and the Internet of Things (IoT), have gained significant interest recently for 5G wireless networks. In this dissertation some 5G scenarios are explored. Three different scenarios, one with device-to-device (D2D) connections, another with Drone assisted communications beside the common mobile cellular network communications, as part of the 5G scenarios. The applications associated include industrial automation, automatic driving connection and urban area communications. In this dissertation, it was taken as reference the structure of the cellular network with LTE-Advanced technology. The previous version of the cellular system level simulator was updated with two additional scenarios, the Drone based and D2D connections to achieve the multi-connectivity of 5G. The obtained results include average throughput, distribution of throughput, distribution of signal to interference plus noise ratio, Drone transmitted power its velocity and altitude