Disruption-Tolerant Wireless Sensor Networking for Biomedical Monitoring in Outdoor Conditions Monitoring the Cardiac Activity of Marathon Runners using DTN Techniques
Off-the-shelf wireless sensing devices open up interesting perspectives for biomedical monitoring. Yet because of their limited processing and transmission capacities most applications considered to date imply either indoor real-time data streaming, or ambulatory data recording. In this paper we inv...
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Published in | Journal on special topics in mobile networks and applications Vol. 19; no. 6; pp. 684 - 697 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article Conference Proceeding |
Language | English |
Published |
New York
Springer US
01.12.2014
Springer Springer Nature B.V |
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Summary: | Off-the-shelf wireless sensing devices open up interesting perspectives for biomedical monitoring. Yet because of their limited processing and transmission capacities most applications considered to date imply either indoor real-time data streaming, or ambulatory data recording. In this paper we investigate the possibility of using disruption-tolerant wireless sensors to monitor the biomedical parameters of athletes during outdoor sports events. We focus on a scenario we believe to be a most challenging one: the ECG monitoring of runners during a marathon race, using off-the shelf sensing devices and a limited number of base stations deployed along the marathon route. Field experiments conducted during intra-campus sports events show that such a scenario is indeed viable, although special attention must be paid to supporting episodic, low-rate transmissions between sensors carried by runners and roadside base stations. |
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ISSN: | 1383-469X 1572-8153 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11036-013-0491-6 |