Distance Aware Relaying Energy-efficient: DARE to Monitor Patients in Multi-hop Body Area Sensor Networks

In recent years, interests in the applications of Wireless Body Area Sensor Network (WBASN) is noticeably developed. WBASN is playing a significant role to get the real time and precise data with reduced level of energy consumption. It comprises of tiny, lightweight and energy restricted sensors, placed in/on the human body, to monitor any ambiguity in body organs and measure various biomedical parameters. In this study, a protocol named Distance Aware Relaying Energy-efficient (DARE) to monitor patients in multi-hop Body Area Sensor Networks (BASNs) is proposed. The protocol operates by investigating the ward of a hospital comprising of eight patients, under different topologies by positioning the sink at different locations or making it static or mobile. Seven sensors are attached to each patient, measuring different parameters of Electrocardiogram (ECG), pulse rate, heart rate, temperature level, glucose level, toxins level and motion. To reduce the energy consumption, these sensors communicate with the sink via an on-body relay, affixed on the chest of each patient. The body relay possesses higher energy resources as compared to the body sensors as, they perform aggregation and relaying of data to the sink node. A comparison is also conducted conducted with another protocol of BAN named, Mobility-supporting Adaptive Threshold-based Thermal-aware Energy-efficient Multi-hop ProTocol (M-ATTEMPT). The simulation results show that, the proposed protocol achieves increased network lifetime and efficiently reduces the energy consumption, in relative to M-ATTEMPT protocol.Comment: IEEE 8th International Conference on Broadband and Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications (BWCCA'13), Compiegne, Franc

Estimation of Pulmonary Signal Using a Digital Camera

This work aims to facilitate detection of IC information, including serial number and company by reading the IC printed numbers from the manufacture using an image processing program. This project proposes a low-cost system for extracting IC information using a digital camera. The experiments were conducted on a DIP ICs at a different distance of 2 m and MATLAB® system were then compared with the data sheet of it. The experimental results show a promising performance in comparison with the data sheet from the manufacture, with low error rate

Distributed Computing and Monitoring Technologies for Older Patients

This book summarizes various approaches for the automatic detection of health threats to older patients at home living alone. The text begins by briefly describing those who would most benefit from healthcare supervision. The book then summarizes possible scenarios for monitoring an older patient at home, deriving the common functional requirements for monitoring technology. Next, the work identifies the state of the art of technological monitoring approaches that are practically applicable to geriatric patients. A survey is presented on a range of such interdisciplinary fields as smart homes, telemonitoring, ambient intelligence, ambient assisted living, gerontechnology, and aging-in-place technology. The book discusses relevant experimental studies, highlighting the application of sensor fusion, signal processing and machine learning techniques. Finally, the text discusses future challenges, offering a number of suggestions for further research directions

Selected Computing Research Papers Volume 4 June 2015

A Critical Study of Current Natural Language Processing Methods for the Semantic Web (Lee Bodak) .................................................................................................................. 1 A Critical Evaluation on Current Wireless Wearable Sensors in Monitoring of Patients (Mmoloki Gogontle Gontse) ................................................................................... 7 Evaluation on Research targeted towards Worm Viruses and Detection Methods (Adam Keith) ...................................................................................................................... 13 Evaluation of Security Techniques in Cloud Storage Systems (Aone Maenge) ................ 21 An Evaluation of Current Power Management Techniques Used In Mobile Devices (Gabriel Tshepho Masabata) ............................................................................................... 27 An Evaluation Of Current Wide Area Network Cyber Attack Detection Methods Aimed At Improving Computer Security (Hayley Roberts) ............................................... 35 Current EMG Pattern Recognition Research Aimed At Improving Upper Limb Prosthesis Control (Molly Sturman) ................................................................................... 41 Positive and Negative: Effects Video Game Use Can Have on Personality Development (Shaun Watson) ............................................................................................ 4