Title :
Outdoor wireless healthcare monitoring system for hospital patients based on ZigBee
Author :
Xu, Xiaoxin ; Wu, Mingguang ; Ding, Cheng ; Sun, Bin ; Zhang, Jiangwei
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Control Sci. & Eng., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
Advances in embedded computing systems have resulted in the emergence of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), which provide unique opportunities for sensing physical environment of our daily lives. ZigBee-compliant WSN platforms have been proposed for Healthcare monitoring, smart home, industrial monitoring and sensor, and other applications. In this paper, we using TI CC2430 and CC2431 chipsets with Z-Stack designed an outdoor patients´ healthcare monitoring system, for tracking patients, and helping doctors and nurses to keep tabs on their patients´ health remotely. Furthermore, several important techniques are elaborated, including reliable communication, localization algorithm and backup power, which can enhance the system performance. Finally, presented some suggestions for future development are presented by us.
Keywords :
embedded systems; patient monitoring; telemedicine; wireless sensor networks; CC2431 chipset; TI CC2430 chipset; Z-Stack; backup power; embedded computing systems; industrial monitoring; localization algorithm; outdoor patients; outdoor wireless healthcare monitoring system; reliable communication; sensor; smart home; wireless sensor networks; Embedded computing; Hospitals; Intelligent sensors; Medical services; Patient monitoring; Power system reliability; Remote monitoring; Smart homes; Wireless sensor networks; ZigBee; ZigBee; localization algorithm; power supply; reliable data transmission; wireless monitoring system;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA), 2010 the 5th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Taichung
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5045-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5046-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICIEA.2010.5517084
