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Body Sensor Network Mobile Solutions for Biofeedback Monitoring

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Body sensor networks (BSN) appeared as an application of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) to medicine and biofeedback. Such networks feature smart sensors (biosensors) that capture bio-physiological parameters from people and can offer an easy way for data collection. BSNs also need suitable interfaces for data processing, presentation, and storage for latter retrieval. As a result, Bluetooth technology can be used to communicate with several more powerful and graphical user interface (GUI)-enabled devices such as mobile phones or regular computers. Taking into account that people currently use mobile and smart phones, it offers a good opportunity to propose a suitable mobile system for BSN networks. This paper presents a BSN mobile solution for biofeedback monitoring using the four major smart phone platforms: Symbian, Windows Mobile, Android, and iPhone. As case study, a sensing health with intelligence modularity, mobility and experimental reusability (SHIMMER) platform with a core-body temperature sensor enabled to construct the BSN was used. The four mobile applications were evaluated and validated, and are ready for use.

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Part of this work has been supported by the Instituto de Telecomunicações, Next Generation Networks and Applications Group (NetGNA), Portugal, in the framework of Project BodySens, by Grantin-Aid for cientific Research (S)(21220002) of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan, and by the Euro-NF Network of Excellence from the Seventh Framework Programme of EU, in the framework of the Specific Joint Research Project PADU.

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  1. Department of Informatics, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal

    Orlando Pereira, João M. L. P. Caldeira & Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues

  2. EST, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal

    Orlando Pereira & João M. L. P. Caldeira

  3. Instituto de Telecomunicações, Covilhã, Portugal

    João M. L. P. Caldeira & Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues

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Pereira, O., Caldeira, J.M.L.P. & Rodrigues, J.J.P.C. Body Sensor Network Mobile Solutions for Biofeedback Monitoring. Mobile Netw Appl 16, 713–732 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-010-0278-y

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