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Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) Design Techniques and Performance Evaluation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20953680     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In recent years interest in the application of Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) for patient monitoring applications has grown significantly. A WBAN can be used to develop patient monitoring systems which offer flexibility to medical staff and mobility to patients. Patients monitoring could involve a range of activities including data collection from various body sensors for storage and diagnosis, transmitting data to remote medical databases, and controlling medical appliances, etc. Also, WBANs could operate in an interconnected mode to enable remote patient monitoring using telehealth/e-health applications. A WBAN can also be used to monitor athletes' performance and assist them in training activities. For such applications it is very important that a WBAN collects and transmits data reliably, and in a timely manner to a monitoring entity. In order to address these issues, this paper presents WBAN design techniques for medical applications. We examine the WBAN design issues with particular emphasis on the design of MAC protocols and power consumption profiles of WBAN. Some simulation results are presented to further illustrate the performances of various WBAN design techniques.
Authors:
Jamil Yusuf Khan; Mehmet R Yuce; Garrick Bulger; Benjamin Harding
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-10-16
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of medical systems     Volume:  36     ISSN:  0148-5598     ISO Abbreviation:  J Med Syst     Publication Date:  2012 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-05-07     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7806056     Medline TA:  J Med Syst     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1441-57     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia, Jamil.Khan@newcastle.edu.au.
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