An ALOHA-based wireless transmission of physiological signals

Hsiao Lung Chan*, Ming Hsiung Yeh, Ming An Lin

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Abstract

The physiological signals such as electrocardiogram, respiration, blood pressure, etc. can reveal the spontaneous status of human physiology, but this benefit is usually degraded by wire connection between the recording sites and the processing unit. Several multi-user communication protocols such as Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11 etc. have been widely used in personal wireless communication. However, the power consumption reduces the time duration of long-term monitoring and the complex protocol requires a complicated microprocessor to handle the communication packets. In this paper, we developed a slotted-ALOHA communication protocol to allow several physiological signals to be transmitted simultaneously in a single communication channel. The protocol is so simple that it can be implemented in a small-size and low-power microcontroller. Furthermore, a 2.4-GHz RF transceiver (nRF2401, NORDIC) was incorporated into a 16-bit microcontroller (MSP430, Texas Instruments). The slotted-ALOHA communication protocol was implemented in the developed system. The result demonstrated the feasibility of the proposed communication protocol.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, ICM '05
Pages632-634
Number of pages3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
Event2005 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, ICM '05 - Taipei, Taiwan
Duration: 10 07 200512 07 2005

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, ICM '05
Volume2005

Conference

Conference2005 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, ICM '05
Country/TerritoryTaiwan
CityTaipei
Period10/07/0512/07/05

Keywords

  • Physiological signals
  • Slotted ALOHA
  • Wireless communication

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