Title :
An ultra-wideband SAGE algorithm for body area networks
Author :
Van Roy, Stéphane ; Liu, Lingfeng ; Oestges, Claude ; De Doncker, Philippe
Author_Institution :
OPERA Dept., Univ. Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
Abstract :
Body area networks (BANs) consist of a set of bio-sensors placed on the human body and measuring some physiological or contextual information. The data are collected by some central devices located on the body or in the surrounding environment of the body via single or multi-hop transmissions. Typical applications include the real-time monitoring of heart activity blood pressure, breathing rate, or skin temperature, for the purpose of diagnostics or generating automatic calls for emergency.
Keywords :
body area networks; patient monitoring; ultra wideband communication; body area networks; breathing rate; contextual information; heart activity blood pressure; multihop transmission; physiological information; real-time monitoring; skin temperature; ultra-wideband SAGE algorithm; Anthropometry; Area measurement; Biomedical monitoring; Blood pressure; Body area networks; Computerized monitoring; Heart rate measurement; Humans; Skin; Ultra wideband technology;
Conference_Titel :
Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, 2009. ICEAA '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3385-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3386-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICEAA.2009.5297364
