A mobility enabled inpatient monitoring system using a ZigBee medical sensor network

Hoi Ching Tung; Kim Fung Tsang; Ka Lun Lam; Hoi Yan Tung; Benjamin Yee Shing Li; Lam Fat Yeung; King Tim Ko; Wing Hong Lau; Veselin Rakocevic

doi:10.3390/s140202397

A mobility enabled inpatient monitoring system using a ZigBee medical sensor network

Sensors (Basel). 2014 Jan 30;14(2):2397-416. doi: 10.3390/s140202397.

Authors

Hoi Ching Tung¹, Kim Fung Tsang², Ka Lun Lam³, Hoi Yan Tung⁴, Benjamin Yee Shing Li⁵, Lam Fat Yeung⁶, King Tim Ko⁷, Wing Hong Lau⁸, Veselin Rakocevic⁹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. V.Rakocevic@city.ac.uk.
² Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. ee330015@cityu.edu.hk.
³ Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. kalunlam@cityu.edu.hk.
⁴ Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. hytung@cityu.edu.hk.
⁵ Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. yeesli2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk.
⁶ Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. eelyeung@cityu.edu.hk.
⁷ Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. eektko@cityu.edu.hk.
⁸ Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. itwhlau@cityu.edu.hk.
⁹ School of Engineering & Mathematical Science, City University London, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB, UK. V.Rakocevic@city.ac.uk.

Abstract

This paper presents a ZigBee In-Patient Monitoring system embedded with a new ZigBee mobility management solution. The system enables ZigBee device mobility in a fixed ZigBee network. The usage, the architecture and the mobility framework are discussed in details in the paper. The evaluation shows that the new algorithm offers a good efficiency, resulting in a low management cost. In addition, the system can save lives by providing a panic button and can be used as a location tracking service. A case study focused on the Princes of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong is presented and findings are given. This investigation reveals that the developed mobile solutions offer promising value-added services for many potential ZigBee applications.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't