2nd International ICST Conference on Body Area Networks

Research Article

The personal sensor network: a user-centric monitoring solution

Download671 downloads
  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/bodynets.2007.156,
        author={G. Giorgetti and G. Manes and J.H. Lewis and S.T. Mastroianni and S.K.S. Gupta},
        title={The personal sensor network: a user-centric monitoring solution},
        proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Body Area Networks},
        publisher={ICST},
        proceedings_a={BODYNETS},
        year={2007},
        month={6},
        keywords={Wireless Sensor Network IEEE 802.15.4 Bluetooth Cell phone.},
        doi={10.4108/bodynets.2007.156}
    }
    
  • G. Giorgetti
    G. Manes
    J.H. Lewis
    S.T. Mastroianni
    S.K.S. Gupta
    Year: 2007
    The personal sensor network: a user-centric monitoring solution
    BODYNETS
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/bodynets.2007.156
G. Giorgetti1,*, G. Manes1,*, J.H. Lewis2,*, S.T. Mastroianni2,*, S.K.S. Gupta3,*
  • 1: Dip. Elettronica e Telecom., Università degli Studi di Firenze, ITALY
  • 2: Embedded Systems Research, Motorola Labs, Tempe, US
  • 3: IMPACT Lab, School Comput. & Info., Arizona State University, Tempe, US
*Contact email: gianni.giorgetti@unifi.it, gianfranco.manes@unifi.it, jonathan.lewis@motorola.com, s.mastroianni@motorola.com, sandeep.gupta@asu.edu

Abstract

Server-based architectures used in traditional Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) applications are not suitable when the sensors are installed near the user and local access is desirable. We address this problem by proposing the Personal Sensor Network (PSN), a computer-less architecture that enables users to access the sensor data using their cell phones or any other Bluetooth enabled devices. The use of COTS hardware and widely available software resources results in a solution easy to implement and simple to interface with other WSNs.