Title: Underwater Applications of Body Area Networks for diver safety and marine biology research
1Underwater Applications of Body Area Networks
for diver safety and marine biology research
Val Jones Lora Aroyo Application Protocol
Systems CTIT University of Twente contact
jones_at_cs.utwente.nl Seminar at Inter University
Institute, Eilat 29 April 2002
2Outline
- APS group at University of Twente
- Context Current Research (European funded
projects) - Val Joness sabbatical leave project at IUI/BGU
underwater applications - Possible future collaborations
3Thanks to
- University of Twente (CTIT, INF, APS group)
- Inter University Institute, Eilat
- Avi Baranes
- Oded Ben Shaphrut
- Nadav Shashar
- Karen Tarnerauder
- Many other colleagues for useful discussions
- BGU (ISE, Health Sciences)
- Yuval Shahar and his group, Rami Grossman
4APS group http//aps.cs.utwente.nl/
- Research Group, Dept Computer Science, Uni
Twente, Netherlands - Head Dimitri Konstantas (MM apps)
- 2 other full professors
- Eddie Michiels (Security)
- Erik Huizer (Internet Applications)
5Other staff
Senior Researcher, group coordinator (Val
Jones) 3 Lecturers (Widya, Halteren,
Beijnum) Post-doc researcher (Lora
Aroyo) Researcher (Richard Bults) Support staff
(3 technical, secretary) Visiting Professor
(Valerie Gay) Visiting Scientist (Rob Kleissen)
6Work Area - ICT
- Advanced (mobile and wireless) applications and
services - Enabling technologies to support them
- comms environments
- QoS
- Security
7Application domains
- Healthcare (e-health, m-health)
- Education (e-learning, wireless campus)
- distributed (MM) applications, and their
extension into the wireless domain
8Current Research
- CTIT Centre for Telematics and Information
Technology - APS - Many collaborative projects here mention
only European funded - Mobihealth 5.5 MEURO
- eMotion 4 MEURO
- Agent Academy ?? MEURO
9Mobihealth
- 2.5-3G Mobile Applications and Services (IST
7bis) - Body Area Networks (BANs) and 2.5/3G
communications for health monitoring - Trials over GPRS/UMTS
- measurement and transmission of vital signs and
other bio-signals health monitoring (on the
move)
10Mobihealth
- Partners Ericsson Consulting, Gesundheitscout24,
Telia, Uni Twente (APS), Uni Lulea, TMSI, Yucat,
COMPAQ, MST (hospital), Telefonica Moviles, CSC
(hospital), Uni Pompeu Fabra, Philips Research
Labs, CMG Wireless Data Solutions -
- Start date May 1st 2002
11eMotion eMobile Testbed For Interoperability Of
Networks In eLogistics
- APS part
- stress test emerging wireless technologies (esp.
UMTS) - Tele Ambulance trial
- requirements for users (health services/profession
als/patients) - trial MobiHealth BAN in trauma situation
12eMotion
- Partners T-Systems Nova, Celtius Oy, BIBA,
Rosenbauer, OHB Teledata, Telematic Solutions,
European DataComm, Microsoft, T-Mobile, BEN,
Siemens, IKOM, Fresius, Uni Twente (APS), Land
Bremen - Start date May 1 2002
13Agent Academy
- Title Agent Academy A Data Mining Framework for
Training Intelligent Agents - EU Project Information Society Technologies
program (IST 2000-31050) - Goal development of an integrated framework for
training Intelligent Agents based on Data Mining
techniques. The successful outcome of this effort
is expected to propagate the use of IA-related
technologies into both business practices and
personal use. - Link to other APS projects Enabling technology
a.o. for wireless and mobile communications
14Agent Academy Consortium
- Partners
- Centre for Research and Technology Hellas /
Informatics and Telematics Institute (CERTH/ITI)
Greece - University of Twente (APS) The Netherlands
- Middle East Technical University (METU) Turkey
- Tech_at_Spree - Germany
- Mobile Business and Innovative Solutions (M-BIS)
Germany - Amadee Germany
- IDI Eikon Spain
- ALTEC - Greece
- Start date 1 October 2001
15Agent Academy Consortium
16Software demands
- Dynamics
- Efficiency (speed, performance)
- Real-time applications
- User adaptation
- Compliance with different platforms
- Networks
17Software Agents
- Software entities
- similar to software objects (different conceptual
appearance within the software systems) - autonomous behavior
- learning abilities
- sense the environment
- co-operation and collaboration
- communication abilities
- Level of intelligence
- Intelligent
- Semi-intelligent
- With minimal autonomous behavior
18Software Agents
- Apply
- Artificial Intelligence
- Intelligent User Interfaces
- Psychology
- System Modeling
- For
- Adaptation (user-oriented system behavior)
- Information retrieval (search tools)
- Mobile systems (roaming mobile agents)
- E-commerce (personal advisors and assistants)
- Education
19Agent Academy framework
- AA integrated framework
- untrained agents (dummy agents) minimal
intelligence - train dummy agents ? intelligent agents
- retrain existing intelligent agents
- AA Modules
- Agent Factory (AF) agents selection and
production - Agent Training Module (AT) virtual interactive
training sessions for Untrained Agents - Agent Use Repository (AUR) statistical data on
prior agent behaviour and experience application
data - Data Miner production of agent training rules
20Agent Academy framework
Agent Academy
Agent Tracking Data
Agent Use Repository
Data Acquisition
User Profile
Agent Training
Agent Request
Agent Factory
Intelligent Agent
21Agent Academy is for
- Application developers
- Agent System designers
- IT practitioners and researchers
- Provides developers with a common platform to
design, construct and implement agents on
clients request
22Agent Academy Agents .
- Device sensors
- Environment actuators
- Personal assistants
- Personnel trainers
- Mobile agents
- Information agents
23Agent Academy Applications .
- devices (medical, production, personal, mobile,
wireless, BAN, etc.) monitoring - Co-ordination management
- Network and connection monitoring
- Analysis of medical situations
- Security
- Languages matching
- Information search needs
- Real-time systems management
- Web-based applications
24Agent Academy Mobihealth
- AA can provide Agents for Mobihealth for
- system, process and information management
support - co-ordination and collaboration (teamwork
support) - training of patients, nurses and doctors
- workflow support (improve information flow and
maintenance)
25Context Mobihealth and follow up projects
Mobihealth
eMotion
Agent Academy
Sabbatical project
Future (European) Projects (eg FP6)
Future European Projects (FP6)
26Mobihealth Applicationsfor professionals and
patients
- mobile and wireless technology to support virtual
healthcare teams, eg. - Virtual Trauma Team
- Link hospital team with mobile trauma team at the
scene - Virtual Homecare Team
- patient monitoring at home or when roaming
27Central concept of MobiHealth
- Body Area Networks
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- Wireless communications
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- Patient monitoring applications
- Mobile health services for patients
28Body Area network
29Trauma Scenario
BAN
BAN
VAN
30Ambulance Vehicle Area Network
31Which Network Technology?
Rural GPRS/UMTS/nextG? Satellite?
32Which Network Technology?
Highway network WLAN? HIPERLAN2? GPRS/UMTS/nextG?
Ricochet networks?
33Which Network Technology?
City WLAN? GPRS/UMTS/nextG?
34Which Network Technology?
35Treatment in hospital
theatre
36Homecare
WLL, WDSL, HUMAN?
xDSL?
Ambient intelligence eHome patient BAN
37-gt global roaming
38BAN design
- BAN MBU set of devices
- MBU has computation and communication functions
- MBU and devices are worn on the body
- perhaps embedded in clothing, jewellery, glasses
- perhaps attached directly (eg. cardiac monitor)
- Perhaps implanted in the body
39Paramedic BAN
- highly specific BAN relays video to allow
hospital staff to be telepresent at the scene,
and provides 2-way audio communication - miniature video camera(s)
- handsfree headset microphone and earpiece (and
speakers(?))
40Diabetic BAN
- Diabetic patient BAN might have
- sensor(s) blood glucose monitor
- actuator(s) (implanted) insulin pump
41Cardiology BAN
- Cardiology BAN might have
- sensors to monitor
- pulse
- oxygen saturation
- BP
- ECG
42Individual customisation
- The BAN is customisable, not only to a class of
patients (eg. diabetic patients) but also to an
individual at a certain time - ie. to the particular set of (chronic and acute)
problems of the individual person/patient at a
particular time - Open, flexible, extensible platform
43Many applications.
- cardiology
- diabetes
- sleep
- asthma
- epilepsy
- EEG/EMG
- SIDS
- elderly
- athletics sports training
- Extreme sports
- disabled
- movement analysis
- feedback on medication (eg Parkinsons)
- control morphine pump
- home cancer care
- .
44Mobihealth trials
- Prototype patient BANs, paramedic BAN, and
their comms environment - Trial over GPRS/UMTS infrastructures
- International trials
45Val Jones sabbatical leave project at IUI/BGU
- 3 months study leave
- Investigate further applications of ICT
Technologies, including MobiHealth technologies,
leading to follow up projects targetted at EU
funding under FP6 - Build collaborations with Israeli organisations
with view to future partnerships in collaborative
projects
46Underwater applications
- Feasibility study into applying and extending
Mobihealth and related technologies to underwater
applications - Diver safety and diving physiology research
- Marine biology research
- Tracking and monitoring marine animals
- environmental monitoring???
47Diver safety
- Body Area Network for divers
- Extension of dive computer functions
- Measurement of vital signs plus..
- Transmission of vital signs (plus) to topside
- Detect emergency situations
- Local alert/intervention to diver
- Alert remote support team
- comms diver-diver, diver-support team
- Data collection for research
48 ScubaBAN
Positioning???
49LF radio Sonar optical
50What do we want to detect/prevent?
- decompression sickness
- Nitrogen narcosis
- Oxygen toxicity
- Lung overexpansion injury
- Diver stress
- HPNS (high pressure neurological syndrome)
- Air supply problems.
- In general, detect emergency situation early
51What would be useful to monitor?
- Pulse rate
- Respiration (rate, volume.)
- BP
- Temperature
- gases
- Air usage
- Rate of ascent
52What would be useful to monitor? (2)
- Blood gases (oxygen, nitrogen, helium..)
- Nitrogen in tissue
- Microbubble formation
- Process of gas absorption and desaturation
- Real time feedback and control loop to optimise
mix of gases for trimix, surface supply and
rebreathers
53ScubaBAN
- Technical elements
- sensors
- MBU
- Intra-BAN comms
- Extra-BAN comms
- Mobihealth BAN but Underwater !!!
- Relevant expertise at IUI
54Marine biology research
- Tracking of marine animals
- positioning system
- sharks, dolphins, whales, turtles
- measure vital signs, other physiological
parameters - deep diving mammals
- (eg. (elephant) seals, whales, manatees ).
- Extreme pressure at depth
55Some potential overlapping areas..
- Recording and/or transmission of position,
biosignals, audio/video from/of marine animals
including human divers ? - Environmental monitoring using underwater
sensors/audio/video - tide, temperature, waves
- Underwater mapping / GIS
56Potential future collaborations
- Visiting potential partners to discuss possible
collaboration, in areas including - Wireless comms and wireless applications
- (inc underwater comms)
- Miniature multimedia devices and (wireless)
(underwater) transmission of MM information - Sensor technology
- (esp. in human and marine biology)
57Future
- FP6 - Ambient intelligent environments
- Nanotechnologies
- New power technologies
- New display technologies.
- Ad Hoc networking/self organisation
- This implies many innovations in many
disciplines!
58 59MobiHealth system involves
- High quality, real time 2-way synchronised video,
audio streams, bio-signals, data - from anywhere in the community including from
fast roaming (moving) vehicles - Broadband wide area wireless networks
- BANs, PANs, VANs, VPNs
60Mobihealth technologies
- IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.15, IEEE 802.16, Bluetooth,
GPRS, HSCSD, UMTS, 4G, - IPv4, IPv6, Mobile IP, IPSec
- fast roaming, horizontal (intra-),
- vertical (inter- technology) handover
- Short range, low power devices
- Biometrics
- biosensors, actuators
61Body Area Network
62BAN - communication
- Intra BAN MBU and devices are linked in a
network and they communicate with each other
(wired, wireless or both) via the MBU - Inter BAN wireless communication between BANs
and in general with other networks (eg eHome,
RAN) - - perhaps by Ad Hoc networking
63Generic and specific BANs
- Generic BAN MBU
- Specific BANs are customised by adding a specific
set of devices as appropriate to a role (eg
paramedic BAN) or for a certain (set of) needs,
eg. diabetic patient BAN - Plus the associated applications
- Devices sensors, actuators, audio/video