Title :
Development of Telemedicine and Telecare over Wireless Sensor Network
Author :
Hsu, Shuo-Jen ; Wu, Hsin-Hsien ; Chen, Shih-Wei ; Liu, Tsang-Chi ; Huang, Wen-Tzeng ; Chang, Yuan- Jen ; Chen, Chin-Hsing ; Chen, You-Yin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Control Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu
Abstract :
Telemedicine & Telecare aided by wireless sensor network (WSN) has recently become a health-caring trend in the future. However, the low data rate of WSN limited the acceptable quality of service. Researches [1-6] adopted ZigBee-based WSN to implement a platform and/or a telecare system. However, the capacity problem due to low data rate characteristic has not been addressed. Our research proposed an arrhythmia-aware telecare system and a new DSP-based WSN platform, enabling good digital signal processing performance in ZigBee-based WSN. Proved by simulations and several real tests, combination of the proposed platform and system can provide a more bandwidth-conserving and reliable telecare system, with lower wireless traffic jam and higher stability.
Keywords :
electrocardiography; health care; medical signal processing; patient monitoring; quality of service; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication traffic; telemedicine; wireless sensor networks; ECG monitoring; ZigBee-based wireless sensor network; arrhythmia-aware reliable telecare system; digital signal processing; quality of service; telemedicine; wireless traffic jam; Compression algorithms; Digital signal processing; Discrete wavelet transforms; Electrocardiography; Monitoring; System testing; Telemedicine; Traffic control; Wireless sensor networks; ZigBee; DSP; Discrete Wavelet Transform; Telemedicine; Wireless Sensor Network; ZigBee;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, 2008. MUE 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3134-2
DOI :
10.1109/MUE.2008.105
