Reliable and privacy-preserving wireless body-area sensor networks for e-health monitoring

用于电子健康监测的可靠且保护隐私的无线身体区域传感器网络

• 批准号: 419147-2011
• 负责人: Shen, Xuemin(Sherman)
• 金额: $ 8.74万
• 依托单位: University of Waterloo
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=531393
• 关键词: Reliable; privacy; preserving; wireless; body

Healthcare costs have been skyrocketing as the baby boom generation continues to grey. Remote e-health monitoring has been shown to be promising for decreasing emergency room visits and/or hospitalizations, as compared to standard traditional healthcare. With the advancement of wireless communications and networking technology, wireless sensor networks on human body are emerging as a new approach to monitoring patient health and disease progression. This research project focuses on development of wireless body area sensor networks for e-healthcare applications. It will develop a new set of networking solutions for power-efficient, reliable, and privacy-preserving wireless information delivery, taking account of the unique propagation characteristics and strict networking performance requirements. It will (i) analyze and develop network topology with potential relay node and cooperative communications to guarantee reliability in information transfer, (ii) develop a medium access control scheme to achieve high energy efficiency for sensor nodes in a body-area propagation environment, and (iii) develop information security and privacy preservation protocols that are critical for transmitting sensitive patient healthcare information and identity between the patient and healthcare providers.

随着婴儿潮一代的老龄化，医疗保健费用一直在飙升。与标准的传统医疗保健相比，远程电子健康监测已被证明有希望减少急诊室就诊和/或住院。随着无线通信和网络技术的发展，人体无线传感器网络成为监测患者健康和疾病进展的新途径。 本研究计划主要针对电子健康照护应用之无线体域感测器网路之发展。它将开发一套新的网络解决方案，以实现节能、可靠和保护隐私的无线信息传输，同时考虑到独特的传播特性和严格的网络性能要求。 它将（i）分析和开发具有潜在中继节点和协作通信的网络拓扑，以保证信息传输的可靠性，（ii）开发介质访问控制方案，以实现身体区域传播环境中传感器节点的高能量效率，以及（iii）制定信息安全和隐私保护协议，这些协议对于在患者和医疗保健提供者。