Low-cost embedded wireless aggregation manager for telehealth and telecare solutions

Author

Zaheer, Asim ; Hasan, Bakhtawar ; Hasan, Momena

Author_Institution

Nat. Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Islamabad, Pakistan

fYear

2014

Firstpage

505

Lastpage

509

Abstract

A low-cost embedded wireless aggregation manager for telehealth and telecare solutions is presented. The aggregation manager (AM) acts as a single platform and gateway for simultaneous telehealth and telecare data. AM device acquires telehealth data from medical devices using Bluetooth Health Device Profile. Telecare data from social alarm systems is obtained by means of dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) tone signals using British BS 8521:2009 and Tunstall communication protocol. Telehealth and telecare data is forwarded by aggregation manager to remote care-center and family members both by Ethernet and cellular packet network GPRS / SMS.

Keywords

Bluetooth; biomedical telemetry; cellular radio; electronic health records; electronic messaging; health care; medical signal processing; packet radio networks; patient care; radio data systems; telemedicine; AM device; AM platform; British BS 8521:2009 protocol; DTMF tone signals; Ethernet; Tunstall communication protocol; aggregation manager-forwarded telecare data; aggregation manager-forwarded telehealth data; bluetooth health device profile; cellular SMS; cellular packet network GPRS; dual-tone multi-frequency tone signals; embedded aggregation manager; general packet radio service; low-cost aggregation manager; medical device-acquired teleheath data; remote care-center; short messaging service; social alarm systems; telecare solutions; telehealth data acquisition; telehealth gateway; telehealth platform; wireless aggregation manager; Biomedical monitoring; Bluetooth; Ground penetrating radar; Monitoring; Protocols; Temperature sensors; bluetooth; device-to-device communication; embedded system; ethernet; health device profile; telecare; telehealth; wireless sensor network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES), 2014 IEEE Conference on

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECBES.2014.7047552

Filename

7047552