• DocumentCode
    471850
  • Title

    The Development of Wireless Sensor Network for ECG Monitoring

  • Author

    Lin, Jun-Liang ; Liu, Hsien-Chieh ; Tai, Yu-Ting ; Wu, Hsin-Hsien ; Hsu, Shuo-Jen ; Jaw, Fu-Shan ; Chen, You-Yin

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Control Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006
  • Firstpage
    3513
  • Lastpage
    3516
  • Abstract
    The main problem we want to solve contains two subjects: The first one is the patient´s pressure due to wired physiological signal estimation. With wireless sensor network technique, patients only need to carry a few small nodes, and then the physiological signal can be transmitted in the air. The other subject of the vital problem is that some protocols, like Bluetooth, provide a peer to peer wireless communication technique, but such peer to peer network may need a complex algorithm to find the best data transmission path. In this study, we use the hierarchy routing as network topology that three-layer architecture contains PAN coordinator, router and device. The study focuses on implementation of a prototype electrocardiography (ECG) system which replaces wired connections between sensor points and a central node with wireless links. Successful implementation of the final system would be of benefit to all involved in the use of ECG as access to and movement of the patient would not be impeded by the physical constraints imposed by the cables. Most aspects of the design would also be portable to other sensor applications, making the work relevant to a vast range of systems where movement of sensors is desirable and constrained by hard-wired links
  • Keywords
    electrocardiography; patient monitoring; personal area networks; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication network topology; telemedicine; wireless sensor networks; ECG monitoring; PAN coordinator; electrocardiography; hierarchy routing; network topology; personal area networks; physiological signal estimation; three-layer architecture; wireless links; wireless sensor network; Biomedical monitoring; Bluetooth; Electrocardiography; Estimation; Patient monitoring; Peer to peer computing; Sensor systems and applications; Wireless application protocol; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    New York, NY
  • ISSN
    1557-170X
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0032-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1557-170X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259711
  • Filename
    4462554