Low Power and Self-Reconfigurable WBAN Controller for Continuous Bio-Signal Monitoring System

Author

Seulki Lee ; Hoi-Jun Yoo

Author_Institution

Body Area Network (BAN) Program, Holst Centre/imec, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Volume

7

Issue

2

fYear

2013

fDate

Apr-13

Firstpage

178

Lastpage

185

Abstract

The WBAN controller with Branched Bus (BB) topology and Continuous Data Transmission (CDT) protocol with low power consumption and self-reconfigurability is proposed for wearable healthcare applications. The BB topology and CDT protocol is a combination of conventional Bus and Star topology and a variation from TDMA protocol, respectively, while they are able to compensate for the electrical fault in bio-signal monitoring system caused by the electrode deformation. Thanks to them, the proposed WBAN controller enables more reliable operation in continuous bio-signal monitoring applications such as sleep monitoring.

Keywords

biomedical electrodes; body area networks; controllers; data communication; health care; patient monitoring; protocols; sleep; time division multiple access; BB topology; CDT protocol; TDMA protocol; branched bus topology; continuous bio-signal monitoring system; continuous data transmission protocol; electrical fault; electrode deformation; low power WBAN controller; self-reconfigurable WBAN controller; sleep monitoring; star topology; wearable body area networks; wearable healthcare applications; Data communication; Electrodes; Network topology; Power demand; Protocols; Sensors; Topology; Fault tolerance; low power; self-reconfigurability; wearable body area network (WBAN); Algorithms; Biomedical Engineering; Computer Communication Networks; Computers; Electric Power Supplies; Electrodes; Electronics, Medical; Equipment Design; Humans; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Polysomnography; Prostheses and Implants; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Wireless Technology;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Biomedical Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1932-4545

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TBCAS.2013.2254116

Filename

6508940