ZigBee Device Design and Implementation for Context-Aware U-Healthcare System

Ubiquitous healthcare systems have the potential to provide cheaper and smarter ways to manage and care for patients suffering from age-related chronic diseases. In the ubiquitous healthcare system (U- healthcare system), sensor devices for measuring a bio signal or environment information may communicate with the mobile system for collecting bio signals and environment information by wireless personal area network(WPAN) such as ZigBee. Zigbee device in WPAN needs a specific function for U-healthcare application. We propose a dynamic management method and a healthcare profile for U-healthcare system.

1. Introduction

The U-healthcare system enables medical professionals to remotely perform real-time monitoring, early diagnosis, and treatment for potential risky disease. Furthermore, the medical diagnosis and patient consultations can be delivered via wire/wireless communication channels. Thus, the ubiquitous healthcare system can provide a cheaper and smarter way to manage and care for patients suffering from age-related chronic diseases [1],