Edge Computing for Analysis in Health Care Industry using 5G Technology

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In today's world, ailments have increased due to increased stress and an unhealthy way of living among other reasons. This demands proper and effective monitoring of an individual's health for early prevention. Among the various ailments, heart-related issues have become a significant concern. The increased risk of heartrelated problems can be tackled by the use of technology, which provides a route for effective monitoring, therefore various ways pertaining to technologies have been explored. Extensive research has been conducted in the fields of smart textiles and sensors, with Textile Electrocardiogram being one of the major developments. Electrocardiography (ECG) is a popular technique for monitoring the heart rate and other parameters in order to alert the individual of any risk if present. However, real-time monitoring is crucial for reliable and effective analysis. This analysis can further be converted into reports for proper diagnosis by certified medical professionals or doctors. Adequate and efficient analysis of this data requires enormous resources and computing power, which implies that mobile phones are not suited for the same. This leads to the necessity for customized hardware to achieve this task. In view of this, an architecture has been developed to interface the sensors wirelessly using 5G protocols for faster and secure communication to the custom Hardware i.e. edge device to generate reports on demand. In this chapter, we will discuss the recent advances in various technologies that can be used at the communication, encryption and edge computing levels, the challenges, and potential solutions.