Design, Development and Implementation of the IR Signalling Techniques for Monitoring Ambient and Body Temperature in WBANs
Journal: Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (Vol.33, No. 3)Publication Date: 2014-07-01
Authors : Baqai A.; Umrani F.A.; Chowdhry B.S.;
Page : 365-371
Keywords : Free-Space Optical Communication; Wireless Body Area Networks; Infra-Red; LOS; Infra-Red Tags; Arduino;
Abstract
Healthcare systems such as hospitals, homecare, telemedicine, and physical rehabilitation are expected to be revolutionized by WBAN (Wireless Body Area Networks). This research work aims to investigate, design, optimize, and demonstrate the applications of IR (Infra-Red) communication systems in WBAN. It is aimed to establish a prototype WBAN system capable of measuring Ambient and Body Temperature using LM35 as temperature sensor and transmitting and receiving the data using optical signals. The corresponding technical challenges that have to be faced are also discussed in this paper. Investigations are carried out to efficiently design the hardware using low-cost and low power optical transceivers. The experimental results reveal the successful transmission and reception of Ambient and Body Temperatures over short ranges i.e. up to 3-4 meters. A simple IR transceiver with an LED (Light Emitting Diodes), TV remote control IC and Arduino microcontroller is designed to perform the transmission with sufficient accuracy and ease. Experiments are also performed to avoid interference from other sources like AC and TV remote control signals by implementing IR tags
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