Towards a Reconfigurable Wireless Sensor Network for Biomedical
Applications
Oscar Gama1, Celso Figueiredo2,
Paulo Carvalho1 and P. M. Mendes2
Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar1
Departamento de Informática
P-4710-057 Braga, Portugal
E-mail: {osg,pmc} at di.uminho.pt
Universidade do Minho, Campus de Azurém2
Departamento de Electrónica Industrial
P-4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
E-mail: {paulo.mendes} at dei.uminho.pt
Abstract
This work presents a study on the reconfiguration requirements of
wireless sensor network for biomedical applications. It is presented a
wireless platform operating in a smart suit, the required monitored
parameters and possible monitoring scenarios. The smart suit is
currently used only for one scenario, which consists of monitoring
handicapped people, with all physiological data being collected and
routed to a base station. We propose using the smart suit for different
scenarios, such as a patient requiring emergency medical care. The goal
is to use the sensorial network in the suit to monitor his health
condition, so that the cardio-respiratory rhythm, body temperature, and
arterial pressure data can be used to help the diagnostic. We state
that this network can be used if reconfigured correctly. This paper
also shows that sensors here in use should control external high
resolution ADCs using hardware interruptions instead of software
interruptions.
Sensorcomm
2007, Valencia, Spain,
October 2007