Application-Oriented Programming Model for Sensor Networks Embedded in the Human Body

Author

Barbosa, T.M.G.A. ; Sene, Iwens G. ; Da Rocha, Adson F. ; Nascimento, F.A.O. ; Carvalho, Hervaldo S. ; Camapum, Juliana F.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Catholic Univ. of Goias, Goiania

fYear

2006

fDate

Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006

Firstpage

6037

Lastpage

6040

Abstract

This work presents a new programming model for sensor networks embedded in the human body which is based on the concept of multi-programming application-oriented software. This model was conceived with a top-down approach of four layers and its main goal is to allow the healthcare professionals to program and to reconfigure the network locally or by the Internet. In order to evaluate this hypothesis, a benchmarking was executed in order to allow the assessment of the mean time spent in the programming of a multi-functional sensor node used for the measurement and transmission of the electrocardiogram

Keywords

Internet; biomedical measurement; electrocardiography; health care; intelligent sensors; multiprogramming; telemedicine; wireless sensor networks; Internet; electrocardiogram measurement; electrocardiogram transmission; embedded sensor; healthcare professionals; human body; multiprogramming application-oriented software; remote reconfiguration process; top-down approach; wireless sensor networks; Biological system modeling; Body sensor networks; Humans; IP networks; Medical services; Programming profession; Runtime; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Wearable sensors; Wireless sensor networks; BAN; BSN; Java; application-oriented software; deployment-time programmability; run-time reconfigurability; transparency; wearable systems;

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.2006.259743

Filename

4463184