Design of a Wireless Medical Monitoring System
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International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT) | 
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| © 2013 by IJETT Journal | ||
| Volume-6 Number-2 |
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| Year of Publication : 2013 | ||
| Authors : Chavabathina Lavanya , G.Manikumar |
Citation
Chavabathina Lavanya , G.Manikumar. "Design of a Wireless Medical Monitoring System". International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT). V6(2):48-56 Dec 2013. ISSN:2231-5381. www.ijettjournal.org. published by seventh sense research group
Abstract
Modern wireless communication consists mainly some technologies that provide solutions to the wireless data transmission network, such as: GSM, CDMA, 3G, Wi-Fi these solutions make network work with high efficiency and good quality, but still with high cost. So it was difficulty in popularizing in with low cost and at the circumstance of infrastructure less or infrastructure destruction. By utilizing the wireless technique to transmit information between medical sensor and monitoring control center, the free space of patients is enlarged, and the efficiency of the modern management of hospitals is improved. Besides, the problem of the lack of unremitted real-time care for every patient, which is caused by the shortage of health care members, is also solved. Therefore, the portable wireless medical monitoring products will become popular in the future market. Nowadays, there are various kinds of wireless communication protocols. But since the main task of a monitoring terminal is to realize the transmission of signals such as heart rate, body temperature, and calling signals---the data traffic is not heavy. In this paper, the real-time monitoring system for monitoring the patient’s physical states using wireless sensor network technology is illustrated.
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Keywords
Temperature, Heartbeat, Sensor, Transmitter, Receiver.