Communication protocol requirements of patient personal area networks for telemonitoring

Lamprinos, IE; Prentza, A; Koutsouris, D

dc.contributor.author	Lamprinos, IE	en
dc.contributor.author	Prentza, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Koutsouris, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:55:22Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:55:22Z
dc.date.issued	2006	en
dc.identifier.issn	09287329	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/27702
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dc.subject	Communication protocol requirements	en
dc.subject	Medical sensors	en
dc.subject	Patient personal area networks	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	communication protocol	en
dc.subject.other	electrocardiogram	en
dc.subject.other	health program	en
dc.subject.other	human	en
dc.subject.other	mathematical model	en
dc.subject.other	medical informatics	en
dc.subject.other	patient care	en
dc.subject.other	patient monitoring	en
dc.subject.other	priority journal	en
dc.subject.other	telehealth	en
dc.subject.other	vital sign	en
dc.subject.other	wireless communication	en
dc.subject.other	Computer Communication Networks	en
dc.subject.other	Humans	en
dc.subject.other	Monitoring, Physiologic	en
dc.subject.other	Telemedicine	en
dc.title	Communication protocol requirements of patient personal area networks for telemonitoring	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.publicationDate	2006	en
heal.abstract	Continuous, remote monitoring of patients' healthcare condition, as this can be reflected by crucial vital signs supervision, is a key demand in modern healthcare provision. Towards the accomplishment of this requirement, the traditional solution of cabled sensors appears to have clear limitations and this is one of the ultimate causes of the proliferation of wireless medical sensor networks during last years. The modern trend towards this direction is the formulation of patient Personal Area Networks (pPANs), consisting of a wireless infrastructure of medical sensors, attached to patient's body, which lays the path for incessant telemonitoring of the person in mind, without discomforting them. The nature of data that these networks are set to handle, as well as the particular demands that patient telemonitoring services raise, necessitate for a thorough analysis of the design requirements of pPAN communication protocols, in order to outflank possible disadvantages appearing in protocols for different types of wireless sensor networks, without putting aside simplicity and feasibility factors. In the context of this paper, we intend to outline the most important requirements and design issues of a pPAN communication protocol, having as compass the main attributes of the most commonly used medical sensors and the typical functionality of these networks. © 2006 - IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved.	en
heal.journalName	Technology and Health Care	en
dc.identifier.volume	14	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	171	en
dc.identifier.epage	187	en