Addressing Scheme for Smart Wireless Medical Sensor Networks
First Claim
1. A wireless body network for monitoring a patient, the wireless body network comprising:
- at least one wireless unit coupled to the patient configured to collect and transmit data to the wireless body network related to one physiological function of the patient, the wireless unit employing an addressing schemed, including;
at least one of a service type field that identifies a service and a point type field that identifies whether the service is provided or consumed;
a patient identification field that contains a patient identification number that is unique to the wireless body network;
a point identification field (that distinguishes one wireless unit from another when the patient identification field, the service type field and the point type field are identical; and
a physical device configured to communicate with the wireless unit utilizing the addressing scheme.
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Abstract
A wireless body network (8) for monitoring a patient (16, 32), the wireless body network (8) includes at least one wireless unit (10, 12, 14, 34, 36, 38, 40) coupled to the patient (16, 32) configured to collect and transmit data to the wireless body network related to one physiological function of the patient. The wireless unit (10, 12, 14, 34, 36, 38, 40) employs an addressing scheme (80), including a patient identification field (82) that contains a patient identification number that is unique to the wireless body network; at least one of a service type field (84) that contains a service type and a point type field (86) that indicates whether the wireless unit (10, 12, 14, 34, 36, 38, 40) provides a service or consumes a service; and a point identification field (88) that distinguishes one wireless unit (10, 12, 14, 34, 36, 38, 40) from another when the patient identification field (82), the service type field (84) and the point type field (88) are identical. A physical device (22, 24, 26, 28) is configured to communicate with the wireless unit (10, 12, 14, 34, 36, 38, 40) utilizing the addressing scheme (80).
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21 Claims
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1. A wireless body network for monitoring a patient, the wireless body network comprising:
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at least one wireless unit coupled to the patient configured to collect and transmit data to the wireless body network related to one physiological function of the patient, the wireless unit employing an addressing schemed, including; at least one of a service type field that identifies a service and a point type field that identifies whether the service is provided or consumed; a patient identification field that contains a patient identification number that is unique to the wireless body network; a point identification field (that distinguishes one wireless unit from another when the patient identification field, the service type field and the point type field are identical; and a physical device configured to communicate with the wireless unit utilizing the addressing scheme. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for communicating within a wireless medical sensor network, the method including a plurality of wireless units, comprising:
broadcasting to at least one of the wireless units employing an addressing scheme including; a patient identification field that contains a patient identification number that is unique to the wireless body network; and at least one of a service type field that identifies a service and a point type field that identifies whether the service is provided or consumed; a point identification field (that contains the point identification value to distinguish one wireless unit from a disparate wireless unit when the patient identification field, the service type field and the point type field are identical. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An addressing scheme for a wireless sensor network, comprising:
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a patient identification field that contains a patient identification number that is unique to the wireless body network; at least one of a service type field that contains the service type value that indicates a type of service and a point type field that contains the point value that indicates whether the wireless unit provides the service or consumes the service; and a point identification field that contains the point identification value to distinguish one wireless unit from a disparate wireless unit when the patient identification field, the service type field and the point type field are identical.
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