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. 2014 Jan 30;14(2):2397-416.
doi: 10.3390/s140202397.

A mobility enabled inpatient monitoring system using a ZigBee medical sensor network

Hoi Ching Tung  1 , Kim Fung Tsang  2 , Ka Lun Lam  3 , Hoi Yan Tung  4 , Benjamin Yee Shing Li  5 , Lam Fat Yeung  6 , King Tim Ko  7 , Wing Hong Lau  8 , Veselin Rakocevic  9
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A mobility enabled inpatient monitoring system using a ZigBee medical sensor network

Hoi Ching Tung et al. Sensors (Basel). .

Abstract

This paper presents a ZigBee In-Patient Monitoring system embedded with a new ZigBee mobility management solution. The system enables ZigBee device mobility in a fixed ZigBee network. The usage, the architecture and the mobility framework are discussed in details in the paper. The evaluation shows that the new algorithm offers a good efficiency, resulting in a low management cost. In addition, the system can save lives by providing a panic button and can be used as a location tracking service. A case study focused on the Princes of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong is presented and findings are given. This investigation reveals that the developed mobile solutions offer promising value-added services for many potential ZigBee applications.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
The ZigBee in-patient monitoring system (ZIPMS) overview.
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Figure 2.
ZiM2 mobile.
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Figure 3.
ZiM2 frontier.
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Schematic of the main clinical block and trauma center.
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Simplified floor plan.
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Figure 6.
ZIPMS tree network.
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Figure 7.
ZIPMS.
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Figure 8.
ZIPMS: (a) handheld (b) frontend router/gateway.
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Figure 9.
User interface of the ZIPMS prototype.
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Figure 10.
Experimental network.
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Figure 11.
Experimental setup of reliability test.
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Figure 12.
ZIPMS packet loss probability when d is 10–30 m and R is 10–80 kbps.
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