Real-time implementation and evaluation of an adaptive energy-aware data compression for wireless EEG monitoring systems

Alaa Awad, Medhat Hamdy, Amra Mohamed, Hussein Alnuweiri

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Abstract

Wireless sensor technologies can provide the leverage needed to enhance patient-caregivers collaboration through ubiquitous access and direct communication, which promotes smart and scalable vital sign monitoring of the chronically ill and elderly people live an independent life. However, the design and operation of BASNs are challenging, because of the limited power and small form factor of biomedical sensors. In this paper, an adaptive compression technique that aims at achieving low-complexity energy-efficient compression subject to time delay and distortion constraints is proposed. In particular, we analyze the processing energy consumption, then an energy consumption optimization model with constraints of distortion and time delay is proposed. Using this model, the Personal Data Aggregator (PDA) dynamically chooses the optimal compression parameters according to real-time measurements of the packet delivery ratio (PDR) or individual users. To evaluate and verify our optimization model, we develop an experimental testbed, where the EEG data is sent to the PDA that compresses the gathered data and forwards it to the server which decompresses and reconstructs the original signal. Experimental testbed and simulation results show that our adaptive compression technique can offer significant savings in the delivery time with low complexity and without affecting application accuracies.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2014 10th International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness, QSHINE 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages108-114
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781631900259
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Oct 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event10th International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness, QSHINE 2014 - Rhodes, Greece
Duration: 18 Aug 201420 Aug 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2014 10th International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness, QSHINE 2014

Conference

Conference10th International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness, QSHINE 2014
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityRhodes
Period18/08/1420/08/14

Keywords

  • Convex optimization
  • Cross-layer design
  • EEG signals
  • Wireless healthcare applications

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