Abstract
Wireless body area networks (WBAN) play a key role in the future of e-Health. In response, IEEE sets up working group 802.15.6 to standardize WBAN schemes. Of all existing standard proposals, the 2.4GHz proposal is the most mature and ready for mass production. However, as e-Health WBAN applications are often mission/life critical, people are concerned with the reliability (particularly, coexistence reliability) of this proposal. This study evaluates the 2.4GHz proposal under WiFi/Bluetooth interference in the context of medical multi-parameter monitoring. The authors conclude that WiFi poses a major threat to such application scenario, while Bluetooth does not.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 48-62 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2011 |
Keywords
- Bluetooth
- Coexistence
- Multi-Parameter Monitor
- Reliability
- Robustness
- WiFi
- Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science Applications
- Health Informatics