Abstract. Good data management infrastructures within a medical environment

Abstract: Network computing is changing rapidly these days. The mobile agent technology invented to overcome the complexity resulting due to the increasing size of network components that rises new network management schemes. Many prototype applications providing mobile agent capability have been proposed for being used in network management. E-commerce and information retrieval are some of them. The motive behind the agent mobility is that, it addresses some limitations faced by traditional centralized client-server architecture, which are mainly, minimizing bandwidth consumption, supporting network load balancing, enhancing scalability as well as flexibility, increase fault-tolerance and solve problems caused by unreliable network connections. However, despite its benefits, mobile agent systems still pose security threats. In this paper, we propose a mobile agent architecture that supports flexible and reliable interaction of autonomous components in a distributive network environment. We present a management scheme in a hierarchical level that provides to a user with a reliable and flexible global access to internet/network information services. We further describe a protection mechanism to both agents and their hosting sites of execution called agent servers.

Abstract—The 1990s has been the era of the personal computer and the mobile phone with the resulting large-scale integration of IT and communications providing vast processing power and accessibility to information and people. The next decade will see the emergence of intelligent sensors and their widespread deployment throughout our environment, dramatically improving the quality of our daily lives in terms of our health, security, comfort and entertainment. Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) will enable point-of-care-diagnostics and provide the data input to e-health management systems that will allow significant enhancement of health care programmes. They will also support the evolution of wearable medical devices aimed at improving the fitness and general well-being of the individual. This paper discusses the development, design characterization and test of a miniaturised wireless, wearable blood pressure and ECG monitor developed at the Tyndall National Institute for medical applications. This wireless platform is incorporated with the Data Management System (DMS) architecture which aims to optimise accurate data delivery within a WSN medical environment. Good data management infrastructures within a medical environment help improve productivity levels for medical practitioners, and can improve patient diagnosis.

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