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A Smart System Connecting e-Health Sensors and the cloud

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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
WireLess
way

Sensor

for

WSNs

Networks

development
have

such

as

been

military

monitoring

applications.
limited

transmission

in
climate

monitoring

applications,

facing

Thus,

structural

health

many

memory

using

sensing.
applications

WSN

power,

of

the

different
and

are

facilitated

aspects

applications,

computing

capabilities.

have

various

applications,

networks

as

of
applied

underwater
such

(WSNs)

challenges

capacity

cloud

and

data

computing

would

be an appropriate solution to improve sensors efficiency.

Cloud

Computing

technological
computing
for

services
provides

numerous

and

using

modern

pay

for

cost,

compatible

and

and

effort
services

features

their

applications

infrastructures

and

such

as

and

customers

on
multiple

a
to

operating

[1].

Cloud

network

access
are

manage,

and

with

highly

has

auto-mated,

low

capacity.

test,

servers
systems.

minimal

technology

storage

build,

systems,

computing

provide,

huge

virtual

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cloud

computing

flexibility,

any

networks,

services

Cloud

for

Internet
as

to

technology
cost.

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such

methods

and

enable

the

Moreover,

flexible

providing,

Cloud's

expression

on-demand

resources

services.

advantages
fast

general
through

information

management

provide

computing

applications,

several

is

and

using
Cloud

The

deploy
different
service

2015-

A Smart System Connecting e-Health Sensors and the cloud

2016

providers
obtain
Service

offer

their

three

customers

(SaaS),

Infrastructure

as

different
more

of

services

flexibility, which

Platform
a

types
as

Service

(IaaS).

are

Service
SaaS

in

order

Software
(PaaS),

provides

as

to
a
and

remotely

access to software applications and their functions as a Webbased service.

(PaaS)

offers

application

operati

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frameworks

and