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

fYear

2013

fDate

7-8 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

214

Lastpage

219

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Measurements and Networking Proceedings (M&N), 2013 IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Naples

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2873-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWMN.2013.6663806

Filename

6663806