Body Based Sensor Network is a network of sensors on the body, working for the well being of humans.

1. Body Based Sensor
Network And Its
Applications
Presented By :
Shashank Gupta
ZHCET(AMU)

2. Outline
• Motivation
• What is Body Based Sensor Network?
• How it works?
• Different types of sensors used
• Application Areas
• Future Applications
• Conclusions
• References

3. Why should we know about Body
Based Sensor Network?
• Cardiovascular Disease is the main cause of death in
the UK and it accounts for 39% of all death each year.
• Among patients who had heart attacks, about 30% of
them died even before reaching to the hospital
• To get Rid of sudden attacks like heart attack
• Late diagnostics may lead to death
• To decrease number of death we need early
diagnosis.
• Reduction in cost of medical assistance

4. Why should we know about Body
Based Sensor Network?
• Provide the best suggestion whom to contact
with
• It provides a unified way of controlling several
sensors by a single monitor device
• To enhance the overall performance of the
sports man

6. What is Body
Based Sensor
Network?

7. WHAT IS BODY BASED SENSOR
NETWORK ?
Formal Definition by IEEE 802.15
“A Communication standard optimized for low
power devices and operation on, in or around
the human body (but not limited to humans)
to serve a variety of applications including
medical, consumer electronics / personal
entertainment and other”

8. How BBSN Works?

9. Types of sensors used
• Motion sensor
• Temperature sensor
• Pulse oximeter
• Accelerometer
• ECG sensor

10. Application Areas

11. • Medical Applications
• Fitness Monitoring
• Real time detection of diseases
• ECG : Electrocardiogram
• PPG : Photoplethysmogram
• Body temperature
• Blood pressure
• Galvanic skin response (GSR)
• Heart rate
• It is impossible for pacemaker to communicate without
wires, we actually need wireless network hence BBSN
Application Areas

12. For example : ECG
a) Wearable server b) Central server c) Call centre

13. Future Applications
• The future market of WBAN is growing rapidly in
the field of medical as well as in entertainment
industry
• We believe than BBSN systems will allow a
dramatic shift in the way people think about and
manage their health
• This provide more proactive healthcare that will
not only improve the quality of life, but also
reduce healthcare costs.

14. Challenges
• Ethical issues like privacy
• Limited energy resources
• Lower Data rates
• Communication failures
• Signal and path performance
• Usability
• Operational issues

15. Conclusions
• Body Based sensor Network Provide a unique platform for the
development of health care and well being.
• Most wearable fitness products are not designed to be worn all the
time, and those that are awkward, but BBSN devices are very small
and wearable.
• A WBAN is expected to be a very useful technology with potential
to offer a wide range of benefits to patients, medical personnel and
society through continuous monitoring and early detection of
possible problems.
• The current technological evolutions will bring us closer to a fully
operational WBAN that acts as an enabler for improving the Quality
of Life

16. REFERENCES
1. Moshaddique Al Ameen and Kyung-sup Kwak, “Social Issues in Wireless
Sensor Networks with Healthcare Perspective”, The International Arab
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2. Erik Karulf, “Body Area Networks” ,
http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/cse574-08/ftp/ban/index.html
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Pillai and David S. Rosenbaum, “Keeping a Beat on the Heart” , Published
by the IEEE CS and IEEE ComSoc, October–December 2004, page 43-46
4. Fabian Nack, “An Overview on Wireless Sensor Networks”,
http://www.mi.fu-berlin.de/inf/groups/ag-tech/teaching/2008-
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Research vs. Reality Design and Deployment Issues”, Fifth Annual
Conference on Communication Networks and Services Research(CNSR'07),
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https://www.iith.ac.in/~ubdesai/WSN_Roadmap_Final_%20Report.pdf

17. THANKS
A LOT