Real-Time Communication Method for mHealth Base on Extended XMPP Protocol

Chenjie Shi, Yu Fang

The Key Laboratory of Embedded System and Service Computing, Ministry of Education, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.

DOI: 10.4236/cn.2013.53B2106                

Abstract

Considering characteristic of mHealth communication and problems of existing methods, this paper presents a real-time communication method for mHealth based on extended XMPP protocol. The method can maintain the role status efficiently and reduce data latency during the communication process. Meanwhile, it can be extended flexibly to meet increasing communication demands of mHealth services. Furthermore, a system framework is presented to support telemonitoring scene. Finally, system implementation and feasibility tests verify the effectiveness of the method and framework.

Keywords

mHealth; XMPP Protocol; Real-Time Communication

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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