Wireless Sensor Networks for Home Health Care

Abstract

Sophisticated electronics are within reach of average users. Cooperation between wireless sensor networks and existing consumer electronic infrastructures can assist in the areas of health care and patient monitoring. This will improve the quality of life of patients, provide early detection for certain ailments, and improve doctor-patient efficiency. The goal of our work is to focus on health-related applications of wireless sensor networks. In this paper we detail our experiences building several prototypes and discuss the driving force behind home health monitoring and how current (and future) technologies will enable automated home health monitoring.

Fabric-based strain sensors for measuring movement in wearable telemonitoring applications

“…emergencyresponse [8], assisted-living and geriatric rehabilitation [9], respiratory and chronic heart failure [10], diabetes and obesity [11] and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome [12]). The MyHeart project [13] introduced the idea of 'functional clothes', i.e.…”

Oportunidades para la implementación de radio definida por software en redes de sensores

“…These systems have functionalities in the area of high-performance sports and remote monitoring of patients with physical or cognitive limitations, or of specific populations such as firefighters, blind people, infants [42], and the elderly [43]. For these applications, the ANT+ standard has been developed, which is neither compatible with Bluetooth Smart nor 4.0, which are frequently used and characterized by having low power consumption and a low transmission rate (1 Mbps); both are available in smartphones, the first one only in some models [44].…”

An overview of centralised middleware components for sensor networks

“…Sensor networks have been used for decades in a wide variety of applications, for instance habitat monitoring (Szewczyk et al (2004)), the Smart Kindergarten (Srivastava et al (2001)), health care (Baker et al (2007)), and monitoring of infrastructural performance (Knobbe et al (2010)). Sensors also play an increasing role in our daily lives: smart electricity meters provide real-time consumption information, washing machines contain fuzzy intelligence to dynamically determine the amount of needed water, lights turn on only when movement is detected nearby, and mobile phones contain a myriad of sensors as well.…”