Microwave FMCW Doppler radar implementation for in-house pervasive health care system

In recent years, the research in the area of ubiquitous healthcare has intensified. There are many technological advances regarding the development of unobtrusive sensors for cardiac and respiratory activity, but the current scenario is still far away from an everyday life fulfilled with ubiquitous healthcare systems. In this paper, it is described the usage of 24GHz microwave FMCW (frequency modulated continuous wave) Doppler radar (MDR) as one of the main components of a pervasive biomedical system that is part of an assistive environment for the people with less mobility or people with long term health condition. As parts of the present work, in this paper are mentioned the design and implementation of an assistive environment based on a MDR sensor, an experimental study concerning the microwave Doppler radar characteristics and remote sensing of heart rate and breath rate, based on acquisition and processing of the signals delivered by the used radar.