Design and implementation of a sustainable wireless BAN platform for remote monitoring of workers health care in harsh environments

Abstract

This paper presents experimental results on a body area network platform that accurately and precisely captures, processes, and wirelessly transmits six- degrees-of-freedom inertial and electrocardiogram data in a wearable, non-invasive form factor. The platform is designed to be low-energy enabling health care applications and remote monitoring of workers in harsh environments. The challenges tackled in this article include the following: (1) reducing the radio channel contention, (2) reducing the energy consumption, and (3) managing diverse Quality of Service (QoS). The system is evaluated regarding to the accuracy and the energy consumption efficiency. © 2014 IEEE.