Security and Communication Architecture for Networked Medical Devices in Mobility-Aware eHealth Environments

Abstract

Tele-medicine solutions promote cost-effective and location independent medical assistance and monitoring. However, current solutions suffer from obstacles regarding interoperability and mobility. Seamless and suitable monitoring relies on a variety of different medical device types that transfer medical data from different locations while paying attention to security and privacy issues. Emergency scenarios require on the fly network integration and data transmission ranging from domains like patients home, medical practices, ambulances and, hospitals, where each domain may correspond to a different authority. Therefore we describe a mobility aware approach allowing out-of-the-box medical device integration and authentication, and simultaneously fulfilling the typical security and privacy requirements of e-health environments.