Body Based Sensor Network And Its

Applications

Presented By :Shashank Gupta

ZHCET(AMU)

Outline

• Motivation• What is Body Based Sensor Network?• How it works?• Different types of sensors used• Application Areas• Future Applications• Conclusions• References

Why should we know about Body Based Sensor Network?

• Cardiovascular Disease is the main cause of death in the UK and it accounts for 39% of all death each year.

• Among patients who had heart attacks, about 30% of them died even before reaching to the hospital

• To get Rid of sudden attacks like heart attack• Late diagnostics may lead to death• To decrease number of death we need early

diagnosis.• Reduction in cost of medical assistance

Why should we know about Body Based Sensor Network?

• Provide the best suggestion whom to contact with

• It provides a unified way of controlling several sensors by a single monitor device

• To enhance the overall performance of the sports man

What is Body Based Sensor

Network?

WHAT IS BODY BASED SENSOR NETWORK ?

Formal Definition by IEEE 802.15

“A Communication standard optimized for low power devices and operation on, in or around the human body (but not limited to humans) to serve a variety of applications including medical, consumer electronics / personal entertainment and other”

How BBSN Works?

Types of sensors used• Motion sensor• Temperature sensor• Pulse oximeter• Accelerometer• ECG sensor

Application Areas

• Medical Applications• Fitness Monitoring • Real time detection of diseases• ECG : Electrocardiogram• PPG : Photoplethysmogram• Body temperature• Blood pressure• Galvanic skin response (GSR)• Heart rate• It is impossible for pacemaker to communicate without

wires, we actually need wireless network hence BBSN

Application Areas

For example : ECG

a) Wearable server b) Central server c) Call centre

Future Applications

• The future market of WBAN is growing rapidly in the field of medical as well as in entertainment industry

• We believe than BBSN systems will allow a dramatic shift in the way people think about and manage their health

• This provide more proactive healthcare that will not only improve the quality of life, but also reduce healthcare costs.

Challenges• Ethical issues like privacy• Limited energy resources• Lower Data rates• Communication failures• Signal and path performance• Usability• Operational issues

Conclusions• Body Based sensor Network Provide a unique platform for the development

of health care and well being.

• Most wearable fitness products are not designed to be worn all the time, and those that are awkward, but BBSN devices are very small and wearable.

• A WBAN is expected to be a very useful technology with potential to offer a wide range of benefits to patients, medical personnel and society through continuous monitoring and early detection of possible problems.

• The current technological evolutions will bring us closer to a fully operational WBAN that acts as an enabler for improving the Quality of Life

REFERENCES1. Moshaddique Al Ameen and Kyung-sup Kwak, “Social Issues in Wireless

Sensor Networks with Healthcare Perspective”, The International Arab Journal of Information Technology, Vol. 8, No. 1, January 2011. page 56-57

2. Erik Karulf, “Body Area Networks” , http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/cse574-08/ftp/ban/index.html

3. Kathy J. Liszka, Michael A. Mackin, Michael J. Lichter, David W. York, Dilip Pillai and David S. Rosenbaum, “Keeping a Beat on the Heart” , Published by the IEEE CS and IEEE ComSoc, October–December 2004, page 43-46

4. Fabian Nack, “An Overview on Wireless Sensor Networks”, http://www.mi.fu-berlin.de/inf/groups/ag-tech/teaching/2008-09_WS/S_19565_Proseminar_Technische_Informatik/nack09verview.pdf

5. Mohamed Youssef and Naser El-Sheimy, “Wireless Sensor Network: Research vs. Reality Design and Deployment Issues”, Fifth Annual Conference on Communication Networks and Services Research(CNSR'07), 14-17 May 2007, page-2

6. Uday B. Desai, B.N. Jain, S.N. Merchant,” Wireless Sensor Networks: Technology Roadmap”, https://www.iith.ac.in/~ubdesai/WSN_Roadmap_Final_%20Report.pdf

THANKS A LOT