Consumer Risk Perceptions in Mobile Health Services Adoption: Do They Matter?

The purpose of this study is to investigate empirically the role of consumer perceived risks in the adoption of mobile health services. A theoretical model including the perceived risk associated with the activity targeted by a mobile health service and the perceived risk associated with the mobile service itself was developed and tested empirically in the context of an application supporting smoking cessation. The model was validated in a cross-sectional experiment conducted with 422 consumers in the UK and Canada. Findings show that while risk triggered by the nature of a health promotion activity is a strong driver of the adoption of the supporting mobile health service, risk related to the actual application targeting that activity is a comparatively weaker obstacle. The two contrasting risk perspectives are highly significant as they together explain over 31% of the variance in consumer intention to use the mobile health service, independently from other adoption factors. Overall, this study demonstrates that consumer risk perceptions alone are a multifaceted and meaningful component in mobile health services adoption, and that this element should not be overlooked in more complex research models.

Location correction technique based on mobile communication base station for earthquake population heat map

China has mobile phone penetration rate of over 96.2%.Mobile phone has become the largest Internet terminal for Chinese Internet users.Population geographic distribution in earthquake zones can be got based on mobile phone positioning and map matching.For reducing earthquake black-box stage,we propose a real-time collection,correction and schedule algorithm of population position data by four stream processing environments(Redis,Hbase,Kafka,and Spark Streaming)in this paper.For labeling precisely population geographic distribution on the network map,matching of population geographic coordinates and map coordinates are optimized by sample comparison based on location data of mobile communication base stations and prefecture level cities.The test result shows the proposed system is high efficient and can rapidly respond to any emerging parallel tasks during the earthquake.A high-precision heat map of affected population can be produced and published on-line within 2 min after the devastating earthquake happened.

Mobile Cloud for Personalized Any-Media Services

In this paper, we define mobile cloud computing and describe how it can be used for delivering advanced any-media services to both nomadic and mobile users. We focus on service delivery that is localized and personalized and suggest that virtualization and tighter cross-layer communication allows for convergence and seamless transition of services. These are also creating new and never-before seen ways of developing and delivering personalized any-media services. We discuss current paradigms for implementing cloud-based any-media services that generate revenue. Future research topics and requirements for evolving network and service elements are also discussed.

Elliptical Cell Based Beamforming Design with an Improved β-Fairness Power Allocation for HSR Communication Systems

In this paper,a beamforming scheme to improve the coverage in high-speed railway communication systems is investigated.A dedicated coverage model,where the coverage cell is an ellipse rather than the traditional circular or linear,is considered.Based on the elliptical coverage cell,an optimization problem for the beamforming design is formulated to maximize the percentage of railway coverage,subject to the constraints on equal expected designed propagation gain(the gain obtained by a combination of designed beam and propagation channel)on the elliptical curve,i.e.,the expectation of designed propagation gain on the elliptical curve are all equal.Considering that the coverage can be improved by increasing the minimum designed propagation gain on the railway,the problem can be recast to maximizing the equal expected designed propagation gain on the elliptical curve.Subsequently,a beamforming design with an improved β-fairness power allocation,where the optimization problem is formulated to maximize the minimum expected received power over time with the constraints on elliptical cell based beamforming and mobile service amount,is proposed to further improve the coverage.An alternating iteration algorithm is developed to find the optimal beamforming vector and the instantaneous transmit power.Through numerical results,it is found that the beamforming designed on the elliptical curve covers longer railway than beamforming designed on the railway directly,and the coverage of elliptical cell based beamforming can be increased with the eccentricity.In addition,beamforming with the improvedβ-fairness power allocation can further improve the railway coverage and mobile service amount simultaneously.Moreover,it is shown that the larger eccentricity of the ellipse with appropriately chosen BS location,the larger coverage distance.

Reliable and Energy-Aware Job Offloading at Terahertz Frequencies for Mobile Edge Computing

In this paper,we co-design the transmission power and the offloading strategy for job offloading to a mobile edge computing(MEC)server at Terahertz(THz)frequencies.The goal is to minimize the communication energy consumption while providing ultra-reliable low end-to-end latency(URLLC)services.To that end,we first establish a novel reliability framework,where the end-to-end(E2E)delay equals a weighted sum of the local computing delay,the communication delay and the edge computing delay,and the reliability is defined as the probability that the E2E delay remains below a certain pre-defined threshold.This reliability gives a full view of the statistics of the E2E delay,thus constituting advancement over prior works that have considered only average delays.Based on this framework,we establish the communication energy consumption minimization problem under URLLC constraints.This optimization problem is non-convex.To handle that issue,we first consider the special single-user case,where we derive the optimal solution by analyzing the structure of the optimization problem.Further,based on the analytical result for the single-user case,we decouple the optimization problem for multi-user scenarios into several sub-optimization problems and propose a sub-optimal algorithm to solve it.Numerical results verify the performance of the proposed algorithm.

水上VHF通信系统设计

VHF通信是构成船一岸移动通信的技术手段之一,是水上通信(信息)网的重要组成部分.本文讨论了它的设计特点,总体要求,服务区域、场强及系统余量的计算,天线性能及收发隔离度计算等几个主要问题.

Smart phone-based context-aware augmentative and alternative communications system

A smartphone-based context-aware augmentative and alternative communication(AAC) was applied was in order to enhance the user's experience by providing simple, adaptive, and intuitive interfaces. Various potential context-aware technologies and AAC usage scenarios were studied, and an efficient communication system was developed by combining smartphone's multimedia functions and its optimized sensor technologies. The experimental results show that context-awareness accuracy is achieved up to 97%.

Addressing the Issues and Developments Correlated with Envisaged 5G Mobile Technologies: Comprehensive Solutions

Fifth Generation(5G)communications are regarded as the cornerstone to household consumer experience improvements and smart manufacturing revolution from the standpoint of industries’objectives.It is anticipated that Envisaged 5G(E5G)mobile technology would be operational in certain developed countries by 2023.The Internet of Things(IoTs)will transform how humans live when combined with smart and integrated sensing devices,such as in-home sensing devices.Recent research is being carried out all over the world to produce a new technique that can be crucial in the success of the anticipated 5G mobile technology.High output,reduced latency,highly reliable,greater scalability,high performance,capacity,bandwidth efficiency,virtual open-air transmission,and efficient energy mobile wireless communications are all being investigated currently.In this work,a comprehensive path for addressing the difficulties and developments associated with 5G mobile technology is provided.The debate and description of a complete analysis of current situations,certain characteristics and prospective scenarios,important technologies,problems and advances,and spectrum allocation of envisioned 5G mobile technologies are provided.Furthermore,this paper analyzes the most notable elements of 5G mobile technology,such as Cognitive Radio(CR),flexibility,accessibility,and cloud-based service offers,which will assure 5G mobile technology’s dominance as the main protocol for international communication.Eventually,this paper provides a method for integrating CR with current wireless communication systems,the necessity for further evolution of the E5G network,and the need for comprehensive consideration of architecture evolution and function enhancement to enhance the E5G mobile technologies.

Design and Implementation of End to End Encrypted Short Message Service (SMS) Using Hybrid Cipher Algorithm

The study on design and implementation of end to end encrypted Short Message Service (SMS) using hybrid cipher algorithm is motivated by high rate of insecurity of data observed during Short Message Service (SMS) on Mobile devices. SMS messages are one of the popular ways of communication. The aim therefore is to design a software for end to end encryption short message service (SMS) that can conceal message while on transit to another mobile device using Hybrid Cipher Algorithm on Android Operating System and implement it for security of mobile SMS. Hybrid encryption incorporates a combination of asymmetric and symmetric encryption to benefit from the strengths of each form of encryption. Various encryption algorithms have been discussed. Secondary sources were employed in gathering useful data. In this research work three methodologies are employed—Structured System Analysis Design Methodology (SSADM), Object Oriented Analysis Design Methodology (OOADM) and prototyping. With the help of the three cryptographic algorithms employed—Message digest 5 (MD5), Blowfish and Rivest-Shamir Adleman (RSA);integrity, confidentiality, authentication and security of messages were achieved. The messages encrypted by developed application are also resistant to brute force attack. The implementing programs were coded in Java.

地震台站无线远程监控及3G备用信道方案实现

介绍了一稳定可靠的地震台站无线远程监控及3G备用信道方案的实现,其是基于GSM(全球移动通信系统)网络3G(第三代移动通信技术)和SMS(短信业务)的方案。当有线信道出现故障时,中心人员可通过SMS(短信业务)指令对其控制切换并启动无线备用信道,当有线信道恢复后,通过指令关闭无线信道并切换至有线信道进行地震数据传输。具有通过3G无线传输测震数据的功能。

基于移动互联网眼底成像的糖尿病眼底病变防控模式与实践研究

目的:为基层社区、远程专科机构和团队共同对辖区糖尿病患者眼底病变开展筛查提供技术支持,提升重大慢性非传染性疾病防控能力。方法:设计一个可用于防控某单种重大慢性非传染性疾病、具有业务-信息-金融互流,以及价值共赢的流程图;选出20名拟预试对象,采用手持眼底镜对其眼底部进行拍照,再通过协同服务平台将所采集图片远程传送到异地的专科机构和团队进行研读;对居民现场询问或活动结束一周随访,进一步筛查分析。结果:入选的20名拟预试对象中,17名接受并参与了预试,其中8名发现有眼底病变,且当中1名伴有疑似眼底渗血征。结论:通过手持眼底镜和互联移动操作平台卫生医疗协同服务,开展区域防控居民糖尿病眼底病变筛查结合健康教育,可构建区域卫生医疗协同共赢服务模式,有助于提升重大慢性非传染性疾病防控能力。

Unmanned aerial vehicle based intelligent triage system in mass-casualty incidents using 5G and artificial intelligence

BACKGROUND:Rapid on-site triage is critical after mass-casualty incidents(MCIs)and other mass injury events.Unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs)have been used in MCIs to search and rescue wounded individuals,but they mainly depend on the UAV operator’s experience.We used UAVs and artificial intelligence(AI)to provide a new technique for the triage of MCIs and more efficient solutions for emergency rescue.METHODS:This was a preliminary experimental study.We developed an intelligent triage system based on two AI algorithms,namely OpenPose and YOLO.Volunteers were recruited to simulate the MCI scene and triage,combined with UAV and Fifth Generation(5G)Mobile Communication Technology real-time transmission technique,to achieve triage in the simulated MCI scene.RESULTS:Seven postures were designed and recognized to achieve brief but meaningful triage in MCIs.Eight volunteers participated in the MCI simulation scenario.The results of simulation scenarios showed that the proposed method was feasible in tasks of triage for MCIs.CONCLUSION:The proposed technique may provide an alternative technique for the triage of MCIs and is an innovative method in emergency rescue.

基于SMC-WT短信息遥控器的地下水遥测系统

通过简要分析目前我国地下水监测的基本状况,提出我国地下水水质监测还存在许多问题,为了解决这些问题,可采用基于SMC-WT短信息遥控器的地下水遥测系统。介绍系统采用的数据远传方式GSM通信,系统中遥测站和中心站的结构、功能,以及系统主要特点,同时实践证明该遥控器能完成主要参数的收集,达到了设计目标,因此系统适用于GSM覆盖区域内的分散、多点远程地下水情测报系统的各种需要。

Anchor Vertex Selection for Enhanced Reliability of Traffic Offloading Service in Edge-Enabled Mobile P2P Social Networks

As the rapid growth of mobile social networks,mobile peer-to-peer(P2P)communications and mobile edge computing(MEC)have been developed to reduce the traffic load and improve the computation capacity of cellular networks.However,the stability of social network is largely ignored in the advances of P2P and MEC,which is related to the social relations between users.It plays a vital role in improving the efficiency and reliability of traffic offloading service.In this paper,we integrate an edge node and the nearby P2P users as a mobile P2P social network and introduce the problem of adaptive anchored(k,r)-core to maintain the stability of multiple mobile P2P networks.It aims to adaptively select and retain a set of critical users for each network,whose participation is critical to overall stability of the network,and allocate certain resource for them so that the maximum number of users of all networks will remain engaged and the traffic of cellular network can be minimized.We called the retained users as anchor vertices.To address it,we devise a peer-edge-cloud framework to achieve the adaptive allocation of resources.We also develop a similarity based onion layers anchored(k,r)-core(S-OLAK)algorithm to explore the anchor vertices.Experimental results based on a real large-scale mobile P2P data set demonstrate the effectiveness of our method.