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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Autores principales: 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
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3958253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24487623
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s140202397
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Sumario: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.

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