Author :
Jovanov, Emil ; Poon, Carmen ; Guang-Zhong Yang ; Zhang, Y.T.
Abstract :
The use of sensor networks for healthcare, well-being, and working in extreme environments has long roots in the engineering sector in medicine and biology community. With the maturity of wireless sensor networks, body area networks (BANs), and wireless BANs (WBANs), recent efforts in promoting the concept of body sensor networks (BSNs) aim to move beyond sensor connectivity to adopt a system-level approach to address issues related to biosensor design, interfacing, and embodiment, as well as ultralow-power processing/communication, power scavenging, autonomic sensing, data mining, inferencing, and integrated wireless sensor microsystems. As a result, the system architecture based on WBAN and BSN is becoming a widely accepted method of organization for ambulatory and ubiquitous monitoring systems. This editorial paper presents a snapshot of the current research and emerging applications and addresses some of the challenges and implementation issues.
Keywords :
biomedical telemetry; body area networks; health care; medical computing; patient monitoring; telemedicine; wireless sensor networks; autonomic sensing; biosensor design; data mining; guest editorial body sensor networks; healthcare; integrated wireless sensor microsystems; monitoring systems; power scavenging; system-level approach; ultralow power processing-communication; wireless sensor networks; Biosensors; Body sensor networks; Data mining; Intelligent sensors; Media Access Protocol; Medical services; Monitoring; Prototypes; Sensor systems; Wireless sensor networks; Body sensor networks (BSNs); sensors; ubiquitous systems; wireless body area networks (WBANs); Humans; Monitoring, Physiologic; Telemedicine; Telemetry;
