Using zigbee sensors for ambient measurement of human gait - Analytical considerations

Ashi Agarwal, Bruce Wallace, Laura Ault, Julien Lariviere-Chartier, Frank Knoefel, Rafik Goubran, Jeffrey Kaye, Zachary Beattie, Neil Thomas

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4 Scopus citations

Abstract

With the aging of the population in Canada and elsewhere, applications of Smart Homes for well-being sensing are increasingly being considered in health care. Many of these smart home networks rely on the Zigbee wireless protocol to connect sensors used to measure various health outcomes. This paper provides preliminary results of gait estimation performed on 3 different residences over 11 months using Zigbee connected motion sensors, with a focus on understanding accuracy limitations induced by the Zigbee communication protocol. The accuracy limitations were also observed in the results from a controlled experiment done with 2 different sets of Zigbee motion sensors. This paper provides an in-depth analysis on root cause of variance in gait estimation at the same time laying out conservative variance estimations caused by different scenarios. The accuracy considerations highlighted by the paper are also applicable for all other time sensitive measures. Results of this paper necessitate further analysis of the use of Zigbee operated sensor networks in the evaluation of time sensitive measures.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2021 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications, MeMeA 2021 - Conference Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781665419147
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 23 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event2021 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications, MeMeA 2021 - Virtual, Lausanne, Switzerland
Duration: Jun 23 2021Jun 25 2021

Publication series

Name2021 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications, MeMeA 2021 - Conference Proceedings

Conference

Conference2021 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications, MeMeA 2021
Country/TerritorySwitzerland
CityVirtual, Lausanne
Period6/23/216/25/21

Keywords

  • Beacon
  • CSMA/CA
  • Gait Analysis
  • Smart Home
  • Zigbee protocol

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Medicine (miscellaneous)
  • Health Informatics
  • Rehabilitation
  • Instrumentation

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