Zealth: ZigBee-Based WBAN System for e-Health Monitoring

Abstract

Electronic health (e-health) monitoring has attracted the attention of researchers due to its effectiveness in improving the services of healthcare systems. With e-health monitoring systems, one can get constant and live feedback on different health parameters without the need to go to a specialist. In this paper, we work on designing a wearable Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) that monitors patients remotely for both preventive and diagnostic reasons. As the patient uses smart clothing that has the WBAN embedded in it, critical bio-signals are measured and communicated in real-time to a cloud server that builds a complete history of the patient's health data. An Android-based application is also developed to get easy access to the patient's history and to remotely communicate with the WBAN to control the sensors. The whole system is also supported with a pill-dispenser that can be accessed wirelessly to alert the patient about the exact times to take his/her pills. The proposed system architecture formulates the basis of a power and cost efficient practical smart clothing product