Accelerometer-based fall detection using optimized ZigBee data streaming

Microelectronics Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 703-710

  Benocci, Marco ^a   Tacconi, Carlo ^a   Farella, Elisabetta ^a   Benini, Luca ^a   Chiari, Lorenzo ^a   Vanzago, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Fall detection; WBSN; ZigBee

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION EFFICIENCY; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS; DATA STREAM; DATA STREAMING; EHEALTH; EMBEDDED PLATFORMS; FALL DETECTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT; KEY COMPONENT; LOWER-POWER CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERIAL PORT; SINGLE SENSOR; WBSN; WIRELESS SENSOR; ZIG-BEE;

ACCELEROMETERS; BLUETOOTH; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA REDUCTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SENSORS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77957754525     PISSN: 00262692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mejo.2010.06.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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