Title :
Plug ´n Play Simplicity for Wireless Medical Body Sensors
Author :
Falck, Thomas ; Baldus, Heribert ; Espina, Javier ; Klabunde, Karin
Author_Institution :
Philips Res. Eur., Aachen
fDate :
Nov. 29 2006-Dec. 1 2006
Abstract :
Wireless medical body sensors are a key technology for unobtrusive health monitoring. The easy setup of such wireless body area networks is crucial to protect the user from the complexity of these systems. But automatically forming a wireless network comprising all sensors attached to the same body is challenging. We present a method for making wireless body-worn medical sensors aware of the persons they belong to by combining body-coupled with wireless communication. This enables a user to create a wireless body sensor network by just sticking the sensors to her body. A personal identifier allows sensors to annotate their readings with a user ID thereby ensuring safety in personal healthcare environments with multiple users
Keywords :
biosensors; health care; patient monitoring; wireless sensor networks; personal healthcare environments; personal identifier; plug and play simplicity; unobtrusive health monitoring; wireless body-worn medical sensors; wireless network; Biomedical monitoring; Body sensor networks; Computerized monitoring; Medical services; Patient monitoring; Plugs; Radio frequency; Remote monitoring; Wireless personal area networks; Wireless sensor networks; body-coupled communication; network set-up; wireless body area network; wireless patient monitoring;
Conference_Titel :
Pervasive Health Conference and Workshops, 2006
Conference_Location :
Innsbruck
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1085-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1086-X
DOI :
10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361702
