A mobility enabled inpatient monitoring system using a ZigBee medical sensor network

A mobility enabled inpatient monitoring system using a ZigBee medical sensor network

This paper presents a ZigBee In-Patient Monitoring system embedded with a new ZigBee mobility management solution. The system enables ZigBee device mobility in a fixed ZigBee network. The usage, the architecture and the mobility framework are discussed in details in the paper. The evaluation shows t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2014-01, Vol.14 (2), p.2397-2416
Hauptverfasser: Tung, Hoi Ching, Tsang, Kim Fung, Lam, Ka Lun, Tung, Hoi Yan, Li, Benjamin Yee Shing, Yeung, Lam Fat, Ko, King Tim, Lau, Wing Hong, Rakocevic, Veselin
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aging
Algorithms
Buttons
Case studies
Hospitals
Management
Mobility
mobility management
Monitoring
Monitoring systems
Network management systems
Networks
patient monitoring
Patients
Sensors
Telemedicine
Tracking (position)
Workloads
ZigBee medical sensor network
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Zusammenfassung:This paper presents a ZigBee In-Patient Monitoring system embedded with a new ZigBee mobility management solution. The system enables ZigBee device mobility in a fixed ZigBee network. The usage, the architecture and the mobility framework are discussed in details in the paper. The evaluation shows that the new algorithm offers a good efficiency, resulting in a low management cost. In addition, the system can save lives by providing a panic button and can be used as a location tracking service. A case study focused on the Princes of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong is presented and findings are given. This investigation reveals that the developed mobile solutions offer promising value-added services for many potential ZigBee applications.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s140202397