A New Model for Programming Software in Body Sensor Networks

Author

de Barbosa, T.M.G. ; Sene, I.G. ; da Rocha, A.F. ; de Nascimento, F.A. ; Carvalho, J.L.A. ; Carvalho, H.S.

Author_Institution

Catholic Univ. of Goias, Goiania

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

1515

Lastpage

1518

Abstract

A body sensor network (BSN) must be designed to work autonomously. On the other hand, BSNs need mechanisms that allow changes in their behavior in order to become a clinically useful tool. The purpose of this paper is to present a new programming model that will be useful for programming BSN sensor nodes. This model is based on an intelligent intermediate-level compiler. The main purpose of the proposed compiler is to increase the efficiency in system use, and to increase the lifetime of the application, considering its requirements, hardware possibilities and specialist knowledge. With this model, it is possible to maintain the autonomous operation capability of the BSN and still offer tools that allow users with little grasp on programming techniques to program these systems.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; intelligent sensors; medical computing; program compilers; software engineering; ubiquitous computing; application-domain requirements; autonomous operation; body sensor network; deployment-time programmability; intelligent intermediate-level compiler; pervasive monitoring; programming software model; Application software; Body sensor networks; Functional programming; Hardware; Intelligent sensors; Medical services; Program processors; Programming profession; Region 6; Software engineering; Body Sensor Network (BSN); application-domain requirements; deployment-time programmability; transparency; Algorithms; Computer Communication Networks; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; Humans; Information Storage and Retrieval; Models, Theoretical; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Programming Languages; Software; Software Design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lyon

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0787-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352589

Filename

4352589