Wireless Communications Trends: Health Care and Wellness Applications

Table of Contents

1.0 Introduction

• 1.1 WBAN
• 1.2 Bluetooth
• 1.3 ZigBee
• 1.4 Demand
• 1.5 Crisis
• 1.6 Wireless Communications
• 1.7 Continua
• 1.8 Scope
• 1.9 Research Methodology
• 1.10 Target Audience

2.0 WBAN Technologies and Markets

• 2.1 Definition
  • 2.1.1 Structure
• 2.2 Overview
• 2.3 Groups
  • 2.3.1 By Application
  • 2.3.2 By Transmission Media
  • 2.3.3 By Number of Nodes
  • 2.3.4 By Environment
  • 2.3.5 By Radio Type
  • 2.3.6 By Source
  • 2.3.7 By Response
• 2.4 Standardization
  • 2.4.1 General
  • 2.4.2 IEEE 802.15
    • 2.4.2.1 Status
    • 2.4.2.2 Major Characteristics
  • 2.4.3 FCC
  • 2.4.4 ISO/IEEE 11073
• 2.5 Requirements: WBAN
  • 2.5.1 Applications
• 2.6 Applications in Healthcare and Fitness
  • 2.6.1 Status
• 2.7 WBAN for First Responders and Military
• 2.8 Market: WBAN
• 2.9 Samples: Vendors
  • Bodymedia
  • FRWD
  • Nokia
  • Suunto
  • Toumaz
  • Vivago
  • Xybernaut
  • Zarlink
• 2.10 Examples: Universities Research-Managed WBAN
• 2.11 Current and Future Trends-Getting Closer to WBAN

3.0 IEEE 802.15.1 (Bluetooth-BT)

• 3.1 BT Protocol Stack
  • 3.1.1 Transport layer
    • 3.1.1.1 Radio Layer
    • 3.1.1.2 Baseband and Link Manager Layers
    • 3.1.1.3 Middleware Layer
• 3.2 Profiles
  • 3.2.1 Power Consumption-ULP
  • 3.2.2 Medical Profile
    • 3.2.2.1 IEEE 11073 and BT
• 3.3 Bluetooth Security
• 3.4 Highlights
  • 3.4.1 The Standard:
  • 3.4.2 The Technology:
  • 3.4.3 Evolution
• 3.5 Market Estimate
• 3.6 BT Industry-HDP
  • Bluegiga
  • Cambridge Consultants
  • Continua
  • iFoundry-Nestronics
  • Laird Technologies
  • Nonin
  • Stollmann

4.0 ZigBee

• 4.1 General
• 4.2 Technology
  • 4.2.1 Major Features
  • 4.2.2 Device Types
  • 4.2.3 Protocol Stack
    • 4.2.3.1 Physical and MAC Layers - IEEE802.15.4
      • 4.2.3.1.1 Frame
  • 4.2.4 Upper Layers
• 4.3 Interoperability
• 4.4 Security
• 4.5 Platform Considerations
  • 4.5.1 Battery Life
• 4.6 ZigBee Technology Benefits and Limitations
• 4.7 Standardization Process
  • 4.7.1 ZigBee Alliance
    • 4.7.1.1 Objectives
  • 4.7.2 IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee
    • 4.7.2.1 IEEE 802.15.4 Radio
• 4.8 Application Specifics
  • 4.8.1 Personal, Home and Hospital Care (PHHC) Profile
    • 4.8.1.1 Objectives
    • 4.8.1.2 Details
    • 4.8.1.3 Major Features
• 4.9 Applications Overview
  • 4.9.1 General
• 4.10 Market
  • 4.10.1 Segments-ZigBee Market
  • 4.10.2 Forecast
  • 4.10.3 Industry
    • Airbee (Software; Includes Medical Applications)
    • Amber (RF Systems)
    • Arch Rock (WSN)
    • Atmel (Chipsets)
    • CEL (modules)
    • Chipcon - TI (Chipsets)
    • Cirronet-RFM (Modules)
    • Crossbow (WSN, Environment Monitoring, motes)
    • Digi (Radio, Medical Application)
    • Duolog (Transceivers)
    • Ember (Chipsets)
    • Falcom (Modules)
    • GreenPeak (WSN)
    • Helicomm (Modules)
    • Jennic (Chipsets-Modules-Health Care)
    • Freescale (Chipsets)
    • MeshNetics (Atmel Acquired MeshNetics ZigBee Intellectual Properties-February, 2009) (Modules)
    • Moteiv- Sentilla (Modules, SW)
    • Nanotron (Chipsets, Health Care Applications)
    • Oki (Chipsets)
    • Renesas (Platforms)
    • Silicon Laboratories (Chipsets, Modules, Medical)
    • Synapse (Module, Protocols)
    • Telegesis (Integrator)
    • TI (Chipsets)

5.0 Competing Technologies

• 5.1 Selection
• 5.2 Toumaz
• 5.3 Ant+
• 5.4 Z-Wave
  • 5.4.1 Alliance
  • 5.3.2 Sigma Design
• 5.5 BodyLAN
  • 5.5.1 FitLinxx
• 5.6 Expectations: BT and ZigBee

6.0 Conclusions

FIGURES:

• Figure 1: Sensor
• Figure 2: Proposed Spectrum
• Figure 3: IEEE 11073 Protocol Family
• Figure 4: BAN Characteristics
• Figure 5: Addressable Market: U.S. WBAN Sales-In-home Fitness (Age Group 20-45 years) $US M
• Figure 6: Addressable Market: U.S. WBAN Sales-In-home Fitness (Age Group 45 and up) $US M
• Figure 7: Addressable Market: U.S. WBAN Sales-Hospitals- $US M
• Figure 8: Addressable Market-U.S. First Responders WBAN Sales ($M)
• Figure 9: Bluetooth Protocol Stack
• Figure 10: Piconets Illustration
• Figure 11: BT HDP Building Blocks
• Figure 12: Estimate - BT Market (Modules Shipped in Million)
• Figure 13: BT Market Estimate - Modules Sales ($US M)
• Figure 14: BT Market Geographical Segmentation
• Figure 15: Addressable Market: BT-HDP modules (Mil. Units)
• Figure 16: Addressable Market: BT-HDP Modules Sales ($M)
• Figure 17: ZigBee Channels
• Figure 18: ZigBee Protocol Stack
• Figure 19: Applications
• Figure 20: Estimate: ZigBee Modules Market Worldwide ($M)
• Figure 21: Estimate: ZigBee Modules Market Worldwide (M Units)
• Figure 22: ZigBee Market Segmentation (2008)
• Figure 23: ZigBee Market Segmentation (2013)
• Figure 24: Market Estimate: ZigBee PHHC Equipment sales ($M)

TABLES:

• Table 1: Classification
• Table 2: WBAN Medical Applications
• Table 3: Bluetooth Profiles
• Table 4: ZigBee Parameters