Energy-efficient MAC protocol for patient personal area networks

Lamprinos, IE; Prentza, A; Sakka, E; Koutsouris, D

dc.contributor.author	Lamprinos, IE	en
dc.contributor.author	Prentza, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Sakka, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Koutsouris, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:43:14Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:43:14Z
dc.date.issued	2005	en
dc.identifier.issn	05891019	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/31322
dc.subject	Design Guideline	en
dc.subject	Energy Efficient	en
dc.subject	Low Power	en
dc.subject	Mac Protocol	en
dc.subject	Personal Area Network	en
dc.subject	Real-time Monitoring	en
dc.subject	Sensor Network	en
dc.subject	Medium Access Control	en
dc.subject.other	Energy efficiency	en
dc.subject.other	Health care	en
dc.subject.other	Network protocols	en
dc.subject.other	Patient monitoring	en
dc.subject.other	Real time systems	en
dc.subject.other	Wireless telecommunication systems	en
dc.subject.other	Medical sensors	en
dc.subject.other	Personal Area Network (PAN)	en
dc.subject.other	Real time monitoring	en
dc.subject.other	Wireless medical sensor networks	en
dc.subject.other	Local area networks	en
dc.title	Energy-efficient MAC protocol for patient personal area networks	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1617312	en
heal.identifier.secondary	1617312	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1617312	en
heal.publicationDate	2005	en
heal.abstract	The formulation of a Personal Area Network (PAN), consisting of a wireless infrastructure of medical sensors, attached to patient's body, and a supervising device carried by them, lays the path for continuous and real-time monitoring of vital signs without discomforting the person in question. This infrastructure enhances the context of remote Healthcare services by supporting flexible acquisition of crucial vital signs, while at the same time it provides more convenience to the patient. Aiming at the exploitation of the inherent features and requirements of wireless medical sensor networks, in this paper we focus on the main design guidelines of a low power Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol, designated to support a patient PAN. The proposed protocol intends to improve energy efficiency in such applications and thus is oriented towards the prevention of main energy wastage sources, such as collision, idle listening and power outspending. © 2005 IEEE.	en
heal.journalName	Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1617312	en
dc.identifier.volume	7 VOLS	en
dc.identifier.spage	3799	en
dc.identifier.epage	3802	en