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Towards Plug-and-Play Interoperability for Wireless Personal Telehealth Systems

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Abstract

This survey paper serves as an introduction to the challenges and needs related to wireless personal telehealth systems and provides an overview of ongoing activities in industry and various communication standards, aiming to enable plug-and-play interoperability. Specifically, we address a recently founded industry consortium, the Continua Health Alliance, and ongoing standardization efforts within the family of ISO 11073/IEEE 1073 standards, the Bluetooth SIG, and the ZigBee Alliance.

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  1. Philips Research Europe, Germany

    Lars Schmitt, T. Falck, F. Wartena & D. Simons

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  1. Helmholtz Institute of Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelstr. 20, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    Steffen Leonhardt (Chair of Medical Information Technology) (Chair of Medical Information Technology)

  2. Connectivity Systems Group, Philips Research Europe, Weisshausstr. 2, 52066, Aachen, Germany

    Thomas Falck

  3. RWTH Aachen University, Kackertstr. 9, 52072, Aachen, Germany

    Petri Mähönen (Chair of Wireless Networks) (Chair of Wireless Networks)

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Schmitt, L., Falck, T., Wartena, F., Simons, D. (2007). Towards Plug-and-Play Interoperability for Wireless Personal Telehealth Systems. In: Leonhardt, S., Falck, T., Mähönen, P. (eds) 4th International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN 2007). IFMBE Proceedings, vol 13. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70994-7_43

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