HM4All: A vital signs monitoring system based in spatially distributed ZigBee networks

Helena Fernandez-Lopez; Jose A. Afonso; J. H. Correia; Ricardo Simoes

4th International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

Research Article

HM4All: A vital signs monitoring system based in spatially distributed ZigBee networks

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8836,
    author={Helena Fernandez-Lopez and Jose A. Afonso and J. H. Correia and Ricardo Simoes},
    title={HM4All: A vital signs monitoring system based in spatially distributed ZigBee networks},
    proceedings={4th International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
    proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
    year={2010},
    month={6},
    keywords={HM4All; Vital signals monitoring; ZigBee; wirelesssensor networks.},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8836}
}

Helena Fernandez-Lopez
Jose A. Afonso
J. H. Correia
Ricardo Simoes
Year: 2010
HM4All: A vital signs monitoring system based in spatially distributed ZigBee networks
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8836

Helena Fernandez-Lopez¹^,*, Jose A. Afonso¹^,*, J. H. Correia¹^,*, Ricardo Simoes^2,3^,*

1: Industrial Electronics Engineering Department, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal
2: Institute of Polymers and Composites, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal
3: Cavado and Ave Polytechnic Institute, Campus do IPCA, 4750-820 Barcelos, Portugal

*Contact email: hlopez@dei.uminho.pt, jose.afonso@dei.uminho.pt, higino.correia@dei.uminho.pt, rsimoes@dep.uminho.pt

Abstract

Low power consumption and small footprint make ZigBee based devices well suited for personal healthcare applications, being a promising alternative to general care patient monitoring. However, their use in a healthcare facility to monitor several mobile patients poses several difficulties, mainly because this protocol was primarily designed to operate in low data rate scenarios. This paper introduces HM4All, a remote vital signs monitoring system, and presents a prototype system being deployed in a hospital internment floor. Its architecture, original network topology, software applications and wireless sensors are described.

Keywords: HM4All; Vital signals monitoring; ZigBee; wirelesssensor networks.

Published: 2010-06-07

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8836