On spectrum occupancy evaluations from the standpoint of body area networks in ISM band

Author

Virk, Muhammad Hasnain ; Vuohtoniemi, Risto ; Hamalainen, Matti ; Iinatti, Jari ; Makela, Juha-Pekka

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. Enginnering, Univ. of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

fYear

2015

fDate

24-26 March 2015

Firstpage

15

Lastpage

19

Abstract

Spectrum occupancy evaluations (SOEs) provide statistical insight regarding frequency resource utilization patterns for a given frequency band. In modern health-care systems, wireless solutions are trending and a number of wireless body area network (WBAN) applications are being developed. Industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band is an unregulated, license free band where WBANs will co-exist with several other wireless technologies. This particular research work is focused upon SOEs from the standpoint of WBANs in 2.35-2.50 GHz band. A week long SOE campaign was undertaken at Oulu University Hospital emergency ward. SOE metrics evaluated include channel occupancies and spectrum resource occupancies.

Keywords

body area networks; radio spectrum management; resource allocation; signal detection; ISM band; SOE; WBAN applications; body area networks; frequency 2.35 GHz to 2.50 GHz; frequency resource utilization patterns; health-care systems; scientific and medical band; spectrum occupancy evaluations; spectrum resource occupancies; wireless body area network; wireless solutions; Bandwidth; Frequency measurement; Hospitals; Noise; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT), 2015 9th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Kamakura

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISMICT.2015.7107488

Filename

7107488