DocumentCode :
2033159
Title :
An experimental system enabling WBAN data delivery via satellite communication links
Author :
Li, Huan Bang ; Takahashi, Takashi ; Toyoda, Masahiro ; Katayama, Norihiko ; Mori, Yasuyuki ; Kohno, Ryuji
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol. (NICT), Japan
fYear :
2008
fDate :
21-24 Oct. 2008
Firstpage :
354
Lastpage :
358
Abstract :
We describe an experimental system that combines a wireless body area network (WBAN) with satellite communication links to enable remote medical treatment and healthcare services. One main advantage of WBAN is that it enables automatic biosignal collection in real time which is essential in medical treatment and healthcare vigilance. The WBAN is implemented using ultra-wideband technology. Multi-hop mechanism is adopted to guarantee reliable connection. In case of less of medical resources such as in emergency, in rural or isolated areas, the system can send the corresponding biosignal to a remote hospital in real time to help patient management by introducing satellite communication links. In this paper, the whole experimental system is illustrated. Some basic experiments are carried out. It is confirmed that the multi-hop mechanism of WBAN works well and the relative delay of WBAN data delivery via satellite links is dependent on the satellite link capacity.
Keywords :
biomedical telemetry; body area networks; broadband networks; health care; radiotelemetry; satellite links; satellite telemetry; telecommunication network reliability; WBAN data delivery; automatic biosignal collection; healthcare services; healthcare vigilance; medical resources; multihop mechanism; patient management; reliable wireless communication; remote medical treatment; satellite communication link capacity; ultra-wideband technology; wireless body area network; Body sensor networks; Disaster management; Hospitals; Isolation technology; Medical services; Medical treatment; Real time systems; Resource management; Satellite communication; Ultra wideband technology;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communication Systems. 2008. ISWCS '08. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Reykjavik
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2488-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2489-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ISWCS.2008.4726076
Filename :
4726076
Link To Document :
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