A Phone-Centered Body Sensor Network Platform: Cost, Energy Efficiency & User Interface Export

@inproceedings{zhong:body, abstract = {We have designed a Bluetooth-based body sensor network platform for physiological diary applications and have addressed its challenges in cost, energy efficiency, and user interface. In our platform, an Internet-capable phone serves as the center and manages every network member. We designed a Bluetooth sensor node for general sensing devices to join the network without much alteration. Since Bluetooth imposes a large power overhead, we have taken extreme care to minimize its duty cycle. We also incorporated a wrist-worn device as the user interface. It displays information under the instruction of the phone in an ambient fashion, and enables the user to interact with the network conveniently. By leveraging resources on the phone, we are able to minimize the cost and energy consumption of the sensor nodes and the wrist-worn device}, author = {Zhong, Lin and Sinclair, M. and Bittner, R.}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks, 2006}, citeulike-article-id = {4132953}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/BSN.2006.4}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1612925}, doi = {10.1109/BSN.2006.4}, journal = {Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks, 2006. BSN 2006. International Workshop on}, keywords = {bluetooth, body-area-networks, energy, mobile-phones, sensor-networks}, location = {Cambridge, MA, USA}, month = {April}, pages = {182--185}, posted-at = {2009-03-04 18:46:31}, priority = {2}, title = {A Phone-Centered Body Sensor Network Platform: Cost, Energy Efficiency \& User Interface}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/BSN.2006.4}, year = {2006} }

TY - CONF ID - zhong:body L3 - citeulike-article-id:4132953 N2 - We have designed a Bluetooth-based body sensor network platform for physiological diary applications and have addressed its challenges in cost, energy efficiency, and user interface. In our platform, an Internet-capable phone serves as the center and manages every network member. We designed a Bluetooth sensor node for general sensing devices to join the network without much alteration. Since Bluetooth imposes a large power overhead, we have taken extreme care to minimize its duty cycle. We also incorporated a wrist-worn device as the user interface. It displays information under the instruction of the phone in an ambient fashion, and enables the user to interact with the network conveniently. By leveraging resources on the phone, we are able to minimize the cost and energy consumption of the sensor nodes and the wrist-worn device CY - Cambridge, MA, USA JF - Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks, 2006. BSN 2006. International Workshop on EP - 185 TI - A Phone-Centered Body Sensor Network Platform: Cost, Energy Efficiency & User Interface T2 - Proceedings of the International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks, 2006 SP - 182 KW - bluetooth KW - body-area-networks KW - energy KW - mobile-phones KW - sensor-networks AU - Zhong, Lin AU - Sinclair, M AU - Bittner, R PY - 2006/04// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/BSN.2006.4 ER -