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http://dx.doi.org/10.17661/jkiiect.2016.9.1.009

Development of Mobility and Vitality Signal Monitoring System Based on ZigBee-PSTN Gateway for the Elderly  

Choi, Kyung-Sun (Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Chun, Joong-Chang (Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
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The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology / v.9, no.1, 2016 , pp. 9-14 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently the number of the elderly who live alone are increasing more and more as the average life span is prolonged. The elderly are probably in danger at home without being helped due to external aggressions or sudden health problems. Accordingly, more and more interests are taken in medical welfare for the healthy life of the seniors. In this paper, we have developed a mobility and vitality signal monitoring system based on ZigBee-PSTN gateway for the elderly. This combination of ZigBee wireless sensor network and PSTN can be easily established even in the poor internet infrastructure as is usually common for the elderly, with the advantage of providing non-constrained monitoring feature. The research result can be extended to the future tele-medicine system.
Keywords
Bio-signal Monitoring; Blood Pressure; Mobility; Tele-medicine; U-Health;
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