Self-Organized e-Health Application using IEEE 11073:

An Experimental Approach

Presenter: Syed Hassan Ahmed

Professor: Dongkyun KimSchool of Computer Science & Engineering,

Kyungpook National University,

Daegu, Republic of Korea.

BASNet Workshop, ANT Conference 2014,UHasselt, Belgium.

Agenda• Introduction.

• Research & Development.

• IEEE 11073-20601.

• Hardware Devices.

• Experimental Clip.

• Future Work.

• Conclusion.

IntroductionBody Area Networks (BANs)

• Wearable devices.

• Body sensor Units for numerous applications.

• Applications are healthcare domain like continuous

monitoring and logging via parameters of patients.

• Intensive research but less deployment.

Introduction..mHealth

• mHealth is a mobile healthcare system that uses the Information and Communications Technology to automate & ensure the healthcare services to patient(s) at anytime anywhere.

• Major components:

• Body sensors or devices that monitor patients’ vital signs.

• Communications system and protocols e.g. IEEE 11073.

• Healthcare service providers e.g. hospitals and healthcare centers, mHealth companies, etc.

Introduction…

Pedometer

Thermometer

Heart Rate Strap

Insulin Pump

Peak Flow MeterSmart Med. Bottl

e

Gluco Meter

Blood Pressure

Weighing

Oximeter

EnvironmentSensors

Body PostureSensors

Gateway /Aggregator

Research vs Development

70

30

Research Development

IEEE 11073-20601

• Top Layers: Presentation, Session and Application

• Medical Data Encoder Rule (MDER) for medical dev

ices equipped with sensors.

• Support for session layer even if physical and transp

ort layers are disconnected.

• Bluetooth support.

Hardware DevicesAGENT

• Replacing Human

for collecting data

• Personal Health

Device

• Constraint Memory

• DIM applied.

MANAGER

• End user device.

• Motorola X Series

Android 4.04

• Fast Computation

• DIM applied

Expected Output

Optimized Exchange Data Protocol.• Bluetooth Connection• Request/Response Messages• Hexadecimal Data Transfer.• Conversion of Data into Integer.• Displaying data in Readable format.• Local Memory Access

Bluetooth Connection• Bluetooth Adapter• Bluetooth Device• Bluetooth Socket• Bluetooth Server Socket

Android 4.0.4

Implementation• Our application consists of three modules:

1. Data Exchange Modules:a. Required structure of data at both sides i.e. Agent & Manager.

2. Display Module: TBD in Next Slide

3. Alert Module: a. Threshold values to be set depending on age, disease etc. in manager sid

e to alert the staff or doctor.

Initial Implementation

Bluetooth Status

Required Readings of a PatientMAC Address of connected device

Association Status

Experimental Clip

Future Work• Exchange of more data types like temperatures, iris

recognition, finger print and if possible DNA encrypt

ed data.

• Design of one-many communications for multiple

managers and agents.

• Experiments for WiFi and LTE needs to be explored.o However, devices need to be equipped with supporting specs.

Thanks for Listening…

Q/A Session