BASUMA - The Sixth Sense for Chronically Ill Patients

Falck, Thomas; Espina, Javier; Ebert, Jean-Pierre; Dietterle, Daniel

doi:10.1109/bsn.2006.12

“…The German BASUMA-project (Body Area System for Ubiquitous Multimedia Applications) [107] aims at developing a full platform for WBANs. As communication technique, a UWB-frontend is used and a MACprotocol based on IEEE 802.15.3.…”

Section: Existing Projectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Comprehensive Survey of Wireless Body Area Networks

Ullah

¹

,

Higgins²,

Braem

³

et al. 2010

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The increasing use of wireless networks and the constant miniaturization of electrical devices has empowered the development of Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs). In these networks various sensors are attached on clothing or on the body or even implanted under the skin. The wireless nature of the network and the wide variety of sensors offer numerous new, practical and innovative applications to improve health care and the Quality of Life. The sensors of a WBAN measure for example the heartbeat, the body temperature or record a prolonged electrocardiogram. Using a WBAN, the patient experiences a greater physical mobility and is no longer compelled to stay in the hospital. This paper offers a survey of the concept of Wireless Body Area Networks. First, we focus on some applications with special interest in patient monitoring. Then the communication in a WBAN and its positioning between the different technologies is discussed. An overview of the current research on the physical layer, existing MAC and network protocols is given. Further, cross layer and quality of service is discussed. As WBANs are placed on the human body and often transport private data, security is also considered. An overview of current and past projects is given. Finally, the open research issues and challenges are pointed out.

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“…The German BASUMA-project (Body Area System for Ubiquitous Multimedia Applications) [107] aims at developing a full platform for WBANs. As communication technique, a UWB-frontend is used and a MAC-protocol based on IEEE 802.15.3.…”

Section: Existing Projectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A survey on wireless body area networks

Latré

¹

,

Braem

²

,

Moerman

³

et al. 2010

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The increasing use of wireless networks and the constant miniaturization of electrical devices has empowered the development of Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs). In these networks various sensors are attached on clothing or on the body or even implanted under the skin. The wireless nature of the network and the wide variety of sensors offer numerous new, practical and innovative applications to improve health care and the Quality of Life. The sensors of a WBAN measure for example the heartbeat, the body temperature or record a prolonged electrocardiogram. Using a WBAN, the patient experiences a greater physical mobility and is no longer compelled to stay in the hospital. This paper offers a survey of the concept of Wireless Body Area Networks. First, we focus on some applications with special interest in patient monitoring. Then the communication in a WBAN and its positioning between the different technologies is discussed. An overview of the current research on the physical layer, existing MAC and network protocols is given. Further, cross layer and quality of service is discussed. As WBANs are placed on the human body and often transport private data, security is also considered. An overview of current and past projects is given. Finally, the open research issues and challenges are pointed out.

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“…[15], [16] define a relatively simple TimeDivision Multiple-Access (TDMA) protocol and an adapted implementation of IEEE 802.15.4 is used in [17]. Very few analysis about multi-hop communication has been done.…”

Section: Multi-hop Communication In Basnsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Need for Cooperation and Relaying in Short-Range High Path Loss Sensor Networks

Braem

¹

,

Latre²,

Moerman

³

et al. 2007

2007 International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2007)

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This paper focuses on the energy efficiency of communication in small-scale sensor networks experiencing high path loss. In particular, a sensor network on the human body or BASN is considered. The energy consumption or network lifetime of a single-hop network and a multi-hop network are compared. We derive a propagation model and a radio model for communication along the human body. Using these models, energy efficiency was studied analytically for a line and a tree topology. Calculations show that single-hop communication is inefficient, especially for nodes far away from the sink. There however, multi-hop proves to be more efficient but closer to the sink hotspots arise. Based on these findings, we propose to exploit the performance difference by either introducing extra nodes in the network, i.e. dedicated relay devices, or by using a cooperative approach or by a combination of both. We show that these solutions increase the network lifetime significantly.

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BASUMA - The Sixth Sense for Chronically Ill Patients

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A Comprehensive Survey of Wireless Body Area Networks

A Comprehensive Survey of Wireless Body Area Networks

A survey on wireless body area networks

The Need for Cooperation and Relaying in Short-Range High Path Loss Sensor Networks

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