Title :
Evaluation and possible improvements of the ANT protocol for home heart monitoring applications
Author :
Gasparrini, S. ; Gambi, Ennio ; Spinsante, Susanna
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ.´ Politec. delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Abstract :
This paper evaluates the use of the wireless ANT protocol as a possible technology to implement a heart monitoring solution for the remote management of patients at their home premises.With respect to common commercial solutions, in which the ANT transceiver transmits single heart rate values, this paper investigates the suitability of the protocol for the transmission of complete ECG traces, which could be a useful feature in the framework of a remote health monitoring solution. Further, a frequency agility capability is also implemented, in order to reduce the impact of RF interferers working in the ISM band, and to improve the ECG transmission performance of the ANT device.
Keywords :
biomedical communication; electrocardiography; patient monitoring; protocols; wireless sensor networks; ANT transceiver; ECG transmission performance; ISM band; RF interferers; complete ECG traces; evaluation; frequency agility capability; home heart monitoring applications; home premises; remote health monitoring solution; remote patient management; single heart rate values; wireless ANT protocol; Electrocardiography; Monitoring; Protocols; Radio transmitters; Receivers; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Measurements and Networking Proceedings (M&N), 2013 IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Naples
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2873-9
DOI :
10.1109/IWMN.2013.6663806
