Utilisation des réseaux de capteurs de canne pour les applications de surveillance de personnes

The world is undergoing profound demographic changes closely linked with the development of the field of public health. The increase in life expectancy is accompanied by an increase in the number of elderly people, in particular those with chronic diseases. Several existing research projects have as objective to ensure the maintenance to homes of the elderly, by a better follow-up by using new technologies. Among them, we find the proposed CANet who proposed the use of sugar cane as a tool for monitoring non-intrusive by the integration of a multitude of sensors. The cane used a wireless communication system, which allows him to exchange with a collection center or surveillance. This technological solution allows the respect of the private life of older persons, without limiting their freedom. Our thesis subject is inscribed in the framework of this project CANet. The work of this thesis is organized primarily around the design of an architecture protocol topology, and access methods for wireless networks, which allow monitoring of older persons through a network of sensors embedded in a cane. The main objective of the thesis is the study of architectures and protocols implemented at the level wireless communication to provide a reliable network infrastructure for various services for monitoring, measures, routing of data to a control center remote (medical office, members of the family, etc.). These proposals have been the subject of a theoretical study and analysis of performance by simulation.Le monde actuel connaît de profondes mutations démographiques étroitement liées au développement du domaine de la santé publique. L’accroissement de l’espérance de vie s’accompagne d’une augmentation du nombre des personnes âgées, en particulier celles atteintes de maladies chroniques. Plusieurs projets de recherche existants ont comme objectif d’assurer le maintien à domicile des personnes âgées, par un meilleur suivi en utilisant les nouvelles technologies. Parmi eux, nous trouvons le projet CANet qui propose l’utilisation de la canne comme un outil de surveillance non intrusif par l’intégration d’une multitude de capteurs. La canne utilise un système de communication sans fil qui lui permet d’échanger avec un centre de collecte ou de surveillance. Cette solution technologique permet le respect de la vie privée des personnes âgées, sans limiter leur liberté. Notre sujet de thèse s’inscrit dans le cadre de ce projet CANet. Les travaux de thèse sont principalement organisés autour de la conception d’une architecture topologique protocolaire, et des méthodes d’accès aux réseaux sans fil qui permettent la surveillance des personnes âgées à travers un réseau de capteurs embarqués dans une canne. L’objectif principal de la thèse est l’étude des architectures et des protocoles mis en œuvre au niveau communication sans fil pour offrir une infrastructure réseau fiable pour divers services de surveillance, de mesures, d'acheminement de données vers un centre de contrôle distant (cabinet médical, membres de la famille, etc.). Ces propositions ont fait l’objet d’une étude théorique et d’analyses de performances par simulation

Transmission de la voix sur des liens sans fil IEEE 802.15.4

National audienceL'évolution de la technologie au niveau des composants électroniques et informatiques a permis la naissance de plusieurs projets comme CANet qui a comme but l'amélioration des conditions de vie, particulièrement pour les personnes âgées. Ce projet permet aux personnes âgées de conserver les mêmes conditions de vie, tout en surveillant leur état de santé sans les déranger. Une des fonctionnalités de CANet est de dialoguer oralement avec une personne via sa canne de marche en utilisant un lien sans fil. Dans ce papier, nous étudions le meilleur codec qui doit être utilisé avec la norme IEEE 802.15.4

Optimization of IEEE 802.15.4 : overview, theoretical study and simulation

In this paper we study, through theoretical analysis and simulation, the impact of Beacon Order (BO) and Superframe Order (SO) parameters of IEEE 802.15.4 on the networks performance and we investigate their optimal values for different classes of traffic. The traffic is dimensioned according to the requirements of the CANet project in which a cane becomes a mean of communication and a surveillance system embedding several sensors to monitor the elderly health and environment(voice, pressure, temperature, etc.). The cane's sensors impose different QoS constraints. Depending on the expected throughput, a sensor's traffic will fall within one of three classes that we defined. Therefore, in order to ease the understanding of our optimization, we introduce a classification scheme which applies to the existing quality of service algorithms. We derive by theoretical study the optimal values of BO and SO that should be used to fit each traffic class QoS requirements and we validate our results by simulation

Presentation and analysis of a new technology for low-power wireless sensor network

International audienceThe tremendous and rapid development in sensors technology allowed their application in various fields requiring monitoring, such as, transportations, rare species surveillance, agriculture, military activities, medical field, etc. Due to their intrinsic constraints and limitations, several dedicated MAC protocols have been designed for wireless sensor networks and whose main objectives are bandwidth optimization while keeping very low energy consumption. One of the newest proposals is ANT which is emerging as a widely used MAC protocol for wellness and sports sensor devices. In this paper, we give a comprehensive overview of ANT/ANT+ and a comparison between ANT and two established standards: Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and 802.15.4/4a. We detail also some practical experiments we conducted to evaluate some characteristics of ANT

Comparative study of IEEE 802.15.4 and IEEE 802.15.6 for WBAN-based CANet

International audienceIn this paper, we present an overview of IEEE 802.15.4 and 802.15.6 standards. Thereafter, in view of their various strengths and many similarities, we study the possibility of using one of these two norms to implement the body area network (WBAN) of CANet (an innovative ehealth project) scenario according to the nature of the studied sensors. To do so, we considered an hybrid differentiation layer, previously proposed, based on 802.15.4 and we made a classification of CANet ehealth sensors based on IEEE 802.15.6 native superframe periods and priority and service differentiation systems. Each choice between them has its advantages and disadvantages. Thus, it will be necessary to analyse in detail the simulation and prototyping results of 802.15.4 and 802.15.6 norms once implemented in CANet context in order to decide about the standard providing the optimal QoS

Using cane sensor networks for people monitoring applications

Le monde actuel connaît de profondes mutations démographiques étroitement liées au développement du domaine de la santé publique. L’accroissement de l’espérance de vie s’accompagne d’une augmentation du nombre des personnes âgées, en particulier celles atteintes de maladies chroniques. Plusieurs projets de recherche existants ont comme objectif d’assurer le maintien à domicile des personnes âgées, par un meilleur suivi en utilisant les nouvelles technologies. Parmi eux, nous trouvons le projet CANet qui propose l’utilisation de la canne comme un outil de surveillance non intrusif par l’intégration d’une multitude de capteurs. La canne utilise un système de communication sans fil qui lui permet d’échanger avec un centre de collecte ou de surveillance. Cette solution technologique permet le respect de la vie privée des personnes âgées, sans limiter leur liberté. Notre sujet de thèse s’inscrit dans le cadre de ce projet CANet. Les travaux de thèse sont principalement organisés autour de la conception d’une architecture topologique protocolaire, et des méthodes d’accès aux réseaux sans fil qui permettent la surveillance des personnes âgées à travers un réseau de capteurs embarqués dans une canne. L’objectif principal de la thèse est l’étude des architectures et des protocoles mis en œuvre au niveau communication sans fil pour offrir une infrastructure réseau fiable pour divers services de surveillance, de mesures, d'acheminement de données vers un centre de contrôle distant (cabinet médical, membres de la famille, etc.). Ces propositions ont fait l’objet d’une étude théorique et d’analyses de performances par simulation.The world is undergoing profound demographic changes closely linked with the development of the field of public health. The increase in life expectancy is accompanied by an increase in the number of elderly people, in particular those with chronic diseases. Several existing research projects have as objective to ensure the maintenance to homes of the elderly, by a better follow-up by using new technologies. Among them, we find the proposed CANet who proposed the use of sugar cane as a tool for monitoring non-intrusive by the integration of a multitude of sensors. The cane used a wireless communication system, which allows him to exchange with a collection center or surveillance. This technological solution allows the respect of the private life of older persons, without limiting their freedom. Our thesis subject is inscribed in the framework of this project CANet. The work of this thesis is organized primarily around the design of an architecture protocol topology, and access methods for wireless networks, which allow monitoring of older persons through a network of sensors embedded in a cane. The main objective of the thesis is the study of architectures and protocols implemented at the level wireless communication to provide a reliable network infrastructure for various services for monitoring, measures, routing of data to a control center remote (medical office, members of the family, etc.). These proposals have been the subject of a theoretical study and analysis of performance by simulation

An Effective Approach for Energy Aware in Wireless Sensor Network

International audienceIn wireless communication, energy present very serious problem which could be easily affect the lifetime of all the network. The increasing of the wireless connected object lead to the appearance of a new notion which is the Internet of Thing. With the development of the size of the network the quantity of data become more important which request more quantity of energy to consume. The technology of the IEEE 802.15.4 present very powerfull solution for all application dedicated to low energy consumed which justify our choice for it to study. This paper investigate an approach used to postpone the fault energy of node in the network. So we get the energy consumed by every node then we detect the node with lack of power. After that we propose a specific manner to get the Beacon Order (BO) and the Superframe Order (SO) for this node in order to more maintain the little power lasted in its battery. We use in our work the topology of tree with the mode of beacon enabled for wireless sensor network (WSN)

Enhancement of the Traffic Differentiation Architecture for WBAN based on IEEE 802.15.4

International audienceIn the healthcare domain, Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) has emerged as a vital technology that is capable of providing better methods to diagnose various hazardous diseases. The CANet projet is a project that proposes alternative monitoring solutions. This paper studies the possibility of transmitting different types of information through an IEEE 802.15.4 MAC layer that not supports the transmission of heterogeneous information. We have proposed an extension to the MAC layer which makes possible the transmission of various information types. This solution designed by "diffrentiation layer" uses a purge function to ensure the use of CAP and CFP by the same node in the same superframe and allows the differentiation between several information. Our results show that our solution is reliable under worst-case