Indoor optical wireless system dedicated to healthcare application in a hospital

Hybrid Passive–Active Optical Wireless Transmission for Health Monitoring System

“…The increasing of world aging population and cost of healthcare has driven a need to monitor individuals' health status in their personal environment [1][2][3]. Health monitoring system is a key technology enabling individuals to monitor their health and manage their wellness with low cost and high efficiency [4].…”

“…However, RF system can present some drawbacks such as electromagnetic disturbance and security [2]. Optical wireless communication (OWC) is an alternative system that provides safety for healthcare system.…”

“…Optical wireless communication (OWC) is an alternative system that provides safety for healthcare system. Optical sensor technologies for wearable health monitoring are studied in [2,3]. OWC is proposed for health monitoring system in [2,[8][9][10].…”

“…Optical sensor technologies for wearable health monitoring are studied in [2,3]. OWC is proposed for health monitoring system in [2,[8][9][10]. In addition, the feasibility of an optical wireless body area network is investigated in [11].…”

“…[2]. The measurement parameters which are received at an image sensor are transmitted to the server.…”