A survey of power efficient technologies for Wireless Body Area Networks

Author

Jovanov, Emil

Author_Institution

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Alabama in Huntsville, U.S.A.

fYear

2008

fDate

20-25 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

3628

Lastpage

3628

Abstract

Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) of intelligent sensors emerged as the most promising architecture for ambulatory health monitoring. Integrated in an m-Health system they provide means for unobotrusive ubiquitous monitoring. However, proper design of wireless communication system is application dependent and critically influences system performance and user acceptance. In this paper we present a survey of existing and emerging wireless communication technologies and critical parameters for the system design.

Keywords

Bandwidth; Batteries; Bluetooth; Body area networks; Body sensor networks; Computerized monitoring; Intelligent sensors; Space technology; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Ambulatory Monitoring; Low Power Systems; Power Efficient Communication; WBAN; Wireless Body Area Network; Blood Glucose; Computer Communication Networks; Computers; Electric Power Supplies; Equipment Design; Humans; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Telemedicine; Telemetry; Thermometers; Transducers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1814-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649992

Filename

4649992