Design and evaluation of a wireless body sensor system for smart home health monitoring

GLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chen, Chao ^a   Pomalaza Ráez, Carlos ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Physiologic monitoring; Smart home health care; Wireless body sensor system

Indexed keywords

DATA DELIVERY PERFORMANCE; DATA LOGGER; EMBEDDED DEVICE; HOME APPLIANCES; HOUSING MATERIALS; HUMAN MOTIONS; HUMAN MOVEMENTS; IEEE 802.11S; IEEE 802.15.4; LOW COSTS; NEW SOLUTIONS; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; SAMPLED DATA; SENSOR SYSTEMS; SMART HOMES; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER; VITAL SIGN; WIRELESS SIGNALS; WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER;

ACCELEROMETERS; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MONITORING; SENSORS; STANDARDS; STOVES;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77951590658     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2009.5425471     Document Type: Conference Paper

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