A ZigBee-based elderly health monitoring system: Design and implementation

International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 393-411

  Talpur, Mir Sajjad Hussain ^a   Liu, Wang ^a   Wang, Guojun ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Health information platform; HIP; Internet of Things; Remote information monitoring system; WSN; ZigBee terminals

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HEALTH CARE; HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERNET OF THINGS; MEDICAL ROBOTICS; MONITORING; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); WEARABLE SENSORS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS; ZIGBEE;

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; ENERGY-SAVING TECHNOLOGIES; HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM; HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS; INFORMATION MONITORING SYSTEMS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION;

DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84922214658     PISSN: 17548632     EISSN: 17548640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAACS.2014.067243     Document Type: Article

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