The research of the community healthcare network based on ZigBee technology

Abstract

With the increasing need for healthcare and relative shortage of medical resources, the establishment of wireless sensor networks for the healthcare of the family in the community will become a promising research direction recently. In this paper, the wireless solution of healthcare networks based on ZigBee technology is proposed for the real-time monitoring of the physiological parameter. The healthcare networks are composed of three primary modules. In this paper, the physiological parameter sensor networks based on Zigbee technology and the overall network architecture are designed. And it also introduces a solution of the sensor network node by using CC2430, which is a kind of popular System on Chip (SoC).The wireless healthcare network based on ZigBee is efficient method for monitoring the health state of every family member especially for the elders by the community doctors. The future home healthcare system will apply the new technologies and it will become a good platform for the development of community medical care system. © 2008 Springer-Verlag.