System architecture of a body area network and its web service based data publishing

Authors:
Hongliang Ren;Max Q. -H. Meng;Xijun Chen;Haibin Sun;Bin Fan;Yawen Chan
Affiliations:
Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;Department of Computer Science & Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;Department of Computer Science & Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Venue:
APWeb'06 Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Advanced Web and Network Technologies, and Applications
Year:
2006

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Abstract

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) is a research hotspot in recent years and has yielded many fruitful results. However, the biomedical applications of WSN haven’t received significant development due to its many unique challenges for the engineers and physicians. In this paper, a system architecture solution of body area network (BAN), our so called project “MediMesh”, is presented. A biomedical dedicated BAN node hardware platform is devised to fit the medical monitoring application. The sensor node is built up especially for healthcare monitoring while the biocompatibility and portability are considered. A light weight network protocol is designed considering the radiation effect and communication overhead. After data acquisition from sink stations, a data publishing system based on web service technology is implemented for typical hospital environment. The publishing of biomedical data is realized through 3 phases: first storing the data automatically in a database, then creating information sharing service by using Web Service technology, and finally allowing data access by the physicians and end users.