Body sensor networks: from theory to emerging applications

Authors:
Emil Jovanov;Carmen C. Y. Poon;Guang-Zhong Yang;Y. T. Zhang
Affiliations:
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL;Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong;Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Computing, Imperial College London, London, U.K.;Dept. of Electronic Eng., The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong and Inst. of Biomedical and Health Eng., Shenzhen Inst. of Adv. Techn., Chinese Academy of Sci., China and CAS Key Labor ...
Venue:
IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine - Special section on body sensor networks
Year:
2009

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Abstract

The use of sensor networks for healthcare, well-being, and working in extreme environments has long roots in the engineering sector in medicine and biology community. With the maturity of wireless sensor networks, body area networks (BANs), and wireless BANs (WBANs), recent efforts in promoting the concept of body sensor networks (BSNs) aim to move beyond sensor connectivity to adopt a system-level approach to address issues related to biosensor design, interfacing, and embodiment, as well as ultralow-power processing/communication, power scavenging, autonomic sensing, data mining, inferencing, and integrated wireless sensor microsystems. As a result, the system architecture based on WBAN and BSN is becoming a widely accepted method of organization for ambulatory and ubiquitous monitoring systems. This editorial paper presents a snapshot of the current research and emerging applications and addresses some of the challenges and implementation issues.