Research Article
Plug 'n Play Simplicity for Wireless Medical Body Sensors
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361702, author={Thomas Falck and Heribert Baldus and Javier Espina and Karin Klabunde}, title={Plug 'n Play Simplicity for Wireless Medical Body Sensors}, proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH}, year={2007}, month={5}, keywords={wireless body area network wireless patient monitoring body-coupled communication network set-up}, doi={10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361702} }- Thomas Falck
Heribert Baldus
Javier Espina
Karin Klabunde
Year: 2007
Plug 'n Play Simplicity for Wireless Medical Body Sensors
PERVASIVEHEALTH
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361702
Abstract
Wireless medical body sensors are a key technology for unobtrusive health monitoring. The easy setup of such wireless body area networks is crucial to protect the user from the complexity of these systems. But automatically forming a wireless network comprising all sensors attached to the same body is challenging. We present a method for making wireless body-worn medical sensors aware of the persons they belong to by combining body-coupled with wireless communication. This enables a user to create a wireless body sensor network by just sticking the sensors to her body. A personal identifier allows sensors to annotate their readings with a user ID thereby ensuring safety in personal healthcare environments with multiple users.