Abstract
Technology is continually undergoing a constituent development caused by the appearance of billions new interconnected “things” and their entrenchment in our daily lives. One of the underlying versatile technologies, namely wearables, is able to capture rich contextual information produced by such devices and use it to deliver a legitimately personalized experience. The main aim of this paper is to shed light on the history of wearable devices and provide a state-of-the-art review on the wearable market. Moreover, the paper provides an extensive and diverse classification of wearables, based on various factors, a discussion on wireless communication technologies, architectures, data processing aspects, and market status, as well as a variety of other actual information on wearable technology. Finally, the survey highlights the critical challenges and existing/future solutions.
Highlights
Today, the rapid proliferation of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) niche is being pushed by an increasing number of new services and growing user demands
The terms wearables, wearable devices, or wearable technology refer to small electronic and mobile devices, or computers with wireless communications capability that are incorporated into gadgets, accessories, or clothes, which can be worn on the human body, or even invasive versions such as micro-chips or smart tattoos [3]
Different from the other works, this paper provides a synergy of various aspects of wearable devices from perspectives of communications, computing, localization, modern and future communication capabilities and identifies challenges for each of the directions
Summary
Aleksandr Ometov a,∗, Viktoriia Shubina a,e, Lucie Klus a,d, Justyna Skibińska c,a, Salwa Saafi c,a, Pavel Pascacio d,a, Laura Flueratoru e,a, Darwin Quezada Gaibor d,a, Nadezhda Chukhno b,d, Olga Chukhno b,a, Asad Ali a,c, Asma Channa e,b, Ekaterina Svertoka e,c, Waleed Bin Qaim a,b, Raúl Casanova-Marqués c,d, Sylvia Holcer d,c, Joaquín Torres-Sospedra d, Sven Casteleyn d, Giuseppe Ruggeri b, Giuseppe Araniti b, Radim Burget c, Jiri Hosek c, Elena Simona Lohan a a Tampere University, Finland b University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy c Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic d Universitat Jaume I, Castellon, Spain e University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.
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