Abstract— Wireless health monitoring systems are becoming increasingly important with the development of new medical systems that require increased mobility and faster data rates. Ultra wideband (UWB) communication is becoming one of the most prevailing technologies that can accommodate some of the most critical requirements of a medical communication system. Since UWB has limited range capabilities due to the low signal power constrain by the spectral mask, performance could be impaired dramatically due to the interference that may exist in a medical environment such as an operating room. In this paper, we investigate a UWB communication system with simple Hadamard coding at the transmitter and energy detection at the receiver. The resulting system can be extremely compact and energy-efficient, making it suitable for implantable devices. We show simulation and analysis results with the proposed system in this paper. Index Terms— Wireless health, Ultra wideband radio, Noncoherent detection and Hadamard coding. I. INTRODUCTION here are several medical applications that can be implemented using the new wireless technologies. Many medical conditions can benefit from the optimization of safe wireless communication systems. An example is monitoring the condition of a patient remotely, which may entail large amounts of data that may need to be transmitted in real time while maintaining information accuracy and precision. Other medical devices such as implantable devices and other applications such as chronic disease management, wellness and preventative medicine and telemedicine may benefit from the concepts presented in this paper. Fig. 1, shows a relative comparison of several wireless standards that may fit to be used for medical applications, the figure shows the data rate capability range of each standard versus the possible relative operation range. The operation range becomes an obstacle for medical device communication, since it can impair the mobility of the device and may result in a reduction in the possible data rate. Authors are with the College of Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA, Email: [email protected], {msarkar2, snagaraj, kmoon}@mail.sdsu.edu This work has been funded by National Science Foundation – Engineering Research Center (NSF-ERC). There are several wireless technologies currently being used for wireless medical applications, those may include but not limited to, Bluetooth, Zigbee, and WiFi. Those technologies suffer from limited bandwidth, but can potentially provide various transmission ranges. UWB offers the luxury of high data rate transmission at the expense of a somewhat constrained range. A more detailed comparison between the various technologies can be found in [5]. Table I, shows a list of some common wireless technologies that can be used for wireless medical applications. Table I: Potential Wireless Technologies for medical applications Wireless Technology Frequency Band Data Rate Transmitted Power WLAN (802.11b/g) 2.4 GHz > 11 Mbps 250 mW IEEE 802.15.1 (Bluetooth) 2.4 GHz 1 Mbps 20 dBm IEEE 802.15.4 (Zigbee) 2.4 GHz 250 kbps 0 dBm UWB 3.1 – 10.6 GHz 27.24 Mbps -41 dBm Some of the medical applications that may benefit from wireless radio technologies include: wireless ECG/EKG and respiratory information Systems, for patients with heart stroke risks; Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Electromyogram (EMG) sensor systems for monitoring patients with strokes; wearable BAN systems that collect vital sign and bio signals and transmission over a high speed phone link such as 4G LTE; wireless physiological sensors for implantable applications, for monitoring heart and prosthetic limb functions over a long period of time; some other applications may include monitoring blood pressure and weight, automatic emergency communications, and monitoring locations of equipment, doctors and patient via wireless links. UWB operates over a safe wireless band and it offers a number of major benefits that makes it most desirable over other technologies for the very low power consumption required for data transmission which helps in extending battery life of the transmitting device (wearable or implantable), also it has low interference effect on the other wireless systems in use in medical centers, and it offers high data rate to achieve the appropriate level of resolution required for physiological signals. Ultra Wideband Transceiver Design for Compact and Implantable Medical Devices Faris Rassam, Mahasweta Sarkar, Santosh Nagaraj and Kee Moon T Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2013 Vol II WCECS 2013, 23-25 October, 2013, San Francisco, USA ISBN: 978-988-19253-1-2 ISSN: 2078-0958 (Print); ISSN: 2078-0966 (Online) WCECS 2013
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Abstract— Wireless health monitoring systems are becoming increasingly important with the development of new medical systems that require increased mobility and faster data rates. Ultra wideband (UWB) communication is becoming one of the most prevailing technologies that can accommodate some of the most critical requirements of a medical communication system. Since UWB has limited range capabilities due to the low signal power constrain by the spectral mask, performance could be impaired dramatically due to the interference that may exist in a medical environment such as an operating room. In this paper, we investigate a UWB communication system with simple Hadamard coding at the transmitter and energy detection at the receiver. The resulting system can be extremely compact and energy-efficient, making it suitable for implantable devices. We show simulation and analysis results with the proposed system in this paper.
Index Terms— Wireless health, Ultra wideband radio, Noncoherent detection and Hadamard coding.
I. INTRODUCTION here are several medical applications that can be implemented using the new wireless technologies.
Many medical conditions can benefit from the optimization of safe wireless communication systems. An example is monitoring the condition of a patient remotely, which may entail large amounts of data that may need to be transmitted in real time while maintaining information accuracy and precision. Other medical devices such as implantable devices and other applications such as chronic disease management, wellness and preventative medicine and telemedicine may benefit from the concepts presented in this paper.
Fig. 1, shows a relative comparison of several wireless
standards that may fit to be used for medical applications, the figure shows the data rate capability range of each standard versus the possible relative operation range. The operation range becomes an obstacle for medical device communication, since it can impair the mobility of the device and may result in a reduction in the possible data rate.
Authors are with the College of Engineering, San Diego State
University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA, Email: [email protected], {msarkar2, snagaraj, kmoon}@mail.sdsu.edu
This work has been funded by National Science Foundation – Engineering Research Center (NSF-ERC).
There are several wireless technologies currently being
used for wireless medical applications, those may include but not limited to, Bluetooth, Zigbee, and WiFi. Those technologies suffer from limited bandwidth, but can potentially provide various transmission ranges. UWB offers the luxury of high data rate transmission at the expense of a somewhat constrained range. A more detailed comparison between the various technologies can be found in [5]. Table I, shows a list of some common wireless technologies that can be used for wireless medical applications.
Table I: Potential Wireless Technologies for medical applications Wireless
Technology Frequency
Band Data Rate Transmitted
Power WLAN (802.11b/g)
2.4 GHz > 11 Mbps 250 mW
IEEE 802.15.1 (Bluetooth)
2.4 GHz 1 Mbps 20 dBm
IEEE 802.15.4 (Zigbee)
2.4 GHz 250 kbps 0 dBm
UWB 3.1 – 10.6 GHz
27.24 Mbps -41 dBm
Some of the medical applications that may benefit from
wireless radio technologies include: wireless ECG/EKG and respiratory information Systems, for patients with heart stroke risks; Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Electromyogram (EMG) sensor systems for monitoring patients with strokes; wearable BAN systems that collect vital sign and bio signals and transmission over a high speed phone link such as 4G LTE; wireless physiological sensors for implantable applications, for monitoring heart and prosthetic limb functions over a long period of time; some other applications may include monitoring blood pressure and weight, automatic emergency communications, and monitoring locations of equipment, doctors and patient via wireless links. UWB operates over a safe wireless band and it offers a number of major benefits that makes it most desirable over other technologies for the very low power consumption required for data transmission which helps in extending battery life of the transmitting device (wearable or implantable), also it has low interference effect on the other wireless systems in use in medical centers, and it offers high data rate to achieve the appropriate level of resolution required for physiological signals.
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