Title :
Middleware for Wireless Medical Body Area Network
Author :
Waluyo, Agustinus Borgy ; Ying, Song ; Pek, Isaac ; Wu, Jian Kang
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore
Abstract :
Advances in wireless sensor technology have opened up a new paradigm in the healthcare industry. Ubiquitous and embedded medical monitoring is no longer a myth and this helps improve the daily lives of the sick, elderly, infirm, and chronically ill people. Given the variety of medical body sensors and its applications, it is definitely of interest to implement a middleware system that shield off these differences from the application layer. The aim of this paper is to propose such middleware for wireless medical body area network. The proposed middleware has the ability to support: (i) multiple sensors and applications, (ii) plug and play feature, and (iii) resource management. The middleware has been implemented and the prototype system has been built. The effective uses of the proposed middleware will be shown with the healthcare monitoring system running on top of the middleware.
Keywords :
biomedical telemetry; health care; medical computing; middleware; patient monitoring; personal area networks; ubiquitous computing; wireless sensor networks; embedded medical monitoring; healthcare industry; healthcare monitoring system; middleware system; multiple sensor; resource management; ubiquitous medical monitoring; wireless medical body area network; wireless sensor technology; Biomedical monitoring; Body area networks; Medical services; Middleware; Plugs; Prototypes; Resource management; Senior citizens; Sensor systems and applications; Wireless sensor networks; body area network; body sensor network; medical sensor network; middleware system for healthcare;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, 2007. BIOCAS 2007. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1524-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1525-0
DOI :
10.1109/BIOCAS.2007.4463339
