A Framework for Creating Healthcare Monitoring Applications Using Wireless Body Sensor Networks

Sameer Iyengar; Filippo Tempia  Bonda; Raffaele Gravina; Antonio Guerrieri; Giancarlo Fortino; Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

3rd International ICST Conference on Body Area Networks

Research Article

A Framework for Creating Healthcare Monitoring Applications Using Wireless Body Sensor Networks

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.BODYNETS2008.2969,
    author={Sameer Iyengar and Filippo Tempia  Bonda and Raffaele Gravina and Antonio Guerrieri and Giancarlo Fortino and Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli},
    title={A Framework for Creating Healthcare Monitoring Applications Using Wireless Body Sensor Networks},
    proceedings={3rd International ICST Conference on Body Area Networks},
    publisher={ICST},
    proceedings_a={BODYNETS},
    year={2010},
    month={5},
    keywords={Wireless sensor network healthcare monitoring dynamic sensor activation and reconfiguration},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.BODYNETS2008.2969}
}

Sameer Iyengar
Filippo Tempia Bonda
Raffaele Gravina
Antonio Guerrieri
Giancarlo Fortino
Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
Year: 2010
A Framework for Creating Healthcare Monitoring Applications Using Wireless Body Sensor Networks
BODYNETS
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.BODYNETS2008.2969

Sameer Iyengar¹^,*, Filippo Tempia Bonda²^,*, Raffaele Gravina³^,*, Antonio Guerrieri³^,*, Giancarlo Fortino³^,*, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli¹^,*

1: University of California at Berkeley
2: Telecom Italia
3: University of Calabria

*Contact email: sameer@eecs.berkeley.edu, filippo.tempia@telecomitalia.it, raffaele.gravina@gmail.com, antoni.guerreri@gmail.com, g.fortino@unical.it, alberto@eecs.berkeley.edu

Abstract

To aid development of Body Sensor Network (BSN) applications, we define a framework that manages common tasks for healthcare monitoring applications. The framework allows for dynamic configuration and control of signal processing and sensing functions on the sensor nodes. Using this framework, we create a healthcare monitoring platform upon which we implement applications for posture recognition as well as physical therapy. We show how body sensor network resources can be dynamically allocated to support heterogeneous application requirements without hardware reconfiguration.

Keywords: Wireless sensor network healthcare monitoring dynamic sensor activation and reconfiguration

Published: 2010-05-16
Publisher: ICST
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.BODYNETS2008.2969