DocumentCode
3282633
Title
A new approach to design ambient sensor network for real time healthcare monitoring system
Author
Jung, Sang-Joong ; Kwon, Tae-Ha ; Chung, Wan-Young
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Pukyong Nat. Univ., Busan, South Korea
fYear
2009
fDate
25-28 Oct. 2009
Firstpage
576
Lastpage
580
Abstract
An advanced ubiquitous healthcare monitoring system is proposed with the aid of wireless sensor network based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard relay sensor nodes. In this work, wearable healthcare devices are used to measure the human body vital signs, while relay sensor nodes are installed at the room´s ceiling to transfer the patient´s vital signs to the desktop or mobile. Our proposed architecture had utilized the advantages of wireless sensor network where stationary relay sensor nodes installed at the ceiling manage to transfer an amount of vital signs in real time to the server PC through the connected gateway by concerning the signals traffic problem in mind. Therefore, the proposed system had deal with the mobility and transmission reliability issues faced by the healthcare system. Old-fashionable healthcare system that consumes a lot of power during transmission had been replaced with low power consumption relay sensor nodes with wider communication zone available.
Keywords
IEEE standards; biomedical telemetry; health care; patient monitoring; wireless sensor networks; IEEE 802.15.4 standard relay sensor nodes; ambient sensor network design; connected gateway; human body vital signs; mobility; real time healthcare monitoring system; server PC; signal traffic; stationary relay sensor nodes; transmission reliability; ubiquitous healthcare monitoring system; wearable healthcare devices; Anthropometry; Biomedical monitoring; Humans; Medical services; Patient monitoring; Real time systems; Relays; Sensor systems; Wearable sensors; Wireless sensor networks;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Sensors, 2009 IEEE
Conference_Location
Christchurch
ISSN
1930-0395
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4548-6
Electronic_ISBN
1930-0395
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICSENS.2009.5398310
Filename
5398310
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