ZigBee WiMAX nursery system for patient monitoring

This paper has proposed a remote nursery monitoring system (RMNS) which combines ZigBee and WiMAX network. Within small-range area, ZigBee mesh network are established and medical devices embedded ZigBee module get access into the network. Through ZigBee network, the typical physical parameters are gathered in health information center (e.g. laptop and PDA) for doctors to monitor and control. To extend the coverage of the system, the hybrid infrastructure is developed by integrating wireless broadband access-WiMAX, which is good at transmitting signal in a long range no matter line of sight (LOS)or none line of sight (NLOS). Therefore, the reliability of the whole monitoring system is guaranteed. For people live in remote area, they can also be accommodated in the proposed RMNS system. Moreover, medical staffs are allowed to reserve their time for dealing with emergency issues.