Implementation of a System for Physiological Status Monitoring by using Tactical Military Networks

Abstract

E-health sensors are continuing to become more advanced and more reliable in monitoring the human physiological status. There is a continuous scope for improvement in their implementation in different emergency situations. Military organisations can take an advantage of this technology for applying physiological status monitoring on personnel engaged in military operations. This implementation is driven by continuous enhancements of existing communication equipment that produces more data capable radio networks in military environment. Based on these technologies we are proposing system communication architecture for applying real-time physiological status monitoring for personnel engaged in military operations. To examine the proposed architecture, a laboratory testing was performed. The laboratory work included a definition of military communication equipment, testing the received data with custom developed algorithm based on Markov decision process for automating the medical emergency protocol (MDP-AMEP) and implementation of adequate data protocols for data transmitting. Obtained results showed that physiological status of the military personnel can be successfully monitored by using tactical military network.

Green Communication for Tracking Heart Rate with Smartbands

“…In the control mechanism used for comparison, the SB performs a measure each minute, it means 60 measures per hour. On the other side, we use 0.03 Ws of average consumption with Bluetooth connection because [ 17 ] point us to the fact that consumption varies between 0.01 Ws and 0.05 Ws. If the SB measures 60 times per hour, we get that the daily consumption is 43.2 Ws, as can be seen in the diagram of Figure 11 .…”

“…The SB used in this paper is inside this case. Keeping in mind that the energy consumption may vary between 0.01 Ws and 0.05 Ws [ 17 ], we calculated which amount is spent by Bluetooth connection in a week. Sony SB 2 can send heart rate measurements every minute; in other words, during one hour, SB has measured sixty times.…”