Wireless Vital Sign Monitoring using Ultra Wideband-Based Personal Area Networks

Author

Takizawa, K. ; Huan-Bang ; Kiyoshi, L. ; Kohno, H.R.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. Inf. & Commun. Technol. (NICT), Yokosuka

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

1798

Lastpage

1801

Abstract

This paper presents a wireless vital sign monitoring system using IEEE802.15.4a standard based on ultra wideband (UWB) wireless communications. The vital signs are categorized into continuous and routine vital signs; the continuous signs include electrocardiogram (ECG), and the routine ones cover blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and body temperature. To conduct both tasks simultaneously, a superframe structure is optimized to minimize the delay time of packet transmission through computer simulation. Results showed that IEEE802.15.4a standard has capability to together monitor both single continuous sign and multiple routine signs simultaneously.

Keywords

biomedical telemetry; biothermics; electrocardiography; haemodynamics; patient monitoring; personal area networks; radiotelemetry; ultra wideband communication; ECG; IEEE802.15.4a standard; UWB wireless communication; blood pressure signs; body temperature; computer simulation; continuous sign monitoring; electrocardiogram; multiple routine sign monitoring; oxygen saturation; packet transmission delay reduction; ultra wideband-based personal area networks; wireless vital sign monitoring system; Biomedical monitoring; Blood pressure; Communication standards; Computer simulation; Delay effects; Electrocardiography; Personal area networks; Temperature; Ultra wideband technology; Wireless communication; Algorithms; Computer Communication Networks; Computer Simulation; Computers; Electrocardiography; Equipment Design; Humans; Internet; Models, Statistical; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Monitoring, Physiologic; Reproducibility of Results; Telecommunications; Time Factors;

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.2007.4352661

Filename

4352661