Title :
An ANT+ Protocol Based Health Care System
Author :
Mehmood, Nadeem Qaisar ; Culmone, Rosario
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Sci. & Technol., Univ. of Camerino, Camerino, Italy
Abstract :
In remote health care Body Area Networks (BAN) are very popular but demand low energy consumption due to very constrained resources. For it several protocols, such as ZigBee, BlueTooth, WiFi etc, have been proposed but non has delivered the optimum results. These systems also demand vast interoperability among devices. Recently a propriety protocol ANT+ provides such features and strengthens the goals for Internet of Things (IOT). The authors describe a software architecture which flexibly integrates ANT+ protocol enabled sensors to deliver health care services. The approach is validated on a health care application that integrates heart rate, cadence, distance, foot steps and environmental temperature sensors. Described architecture is modular, flexible, scalable and possess several features.
Keywords :
Internet of Things; body area networks; energy consumption; health care; protocols; ANT+ protocol; BAN; BlueTooth; Internet of Things; IoT; WiFi; ZigBee; body area network; energy consumption; environmental temperature sensor; health care service; health care system; heart rate; Biomedical monitoring; Heart rate; Medical services; Monitoring; Protocols; Temperature sensors; ANT+; body networks; footpod; healthcare; heart rate; sensors; temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops (WAINA), 2015 IEEE 29th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Gwangiu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1774-7
DOI :
10.1109/WAINA.2015.45
