LIFELINK: Real-time GPRS based telehealth monitoring system

Authors

Carlos del Rosario Jr. ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Christian Alis ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Bernardino Buenaobra ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Carlo Mar Blanca ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

In this paper we present LIFELINK, a mobile, GPRS-based telemonitoring system. The proposed system acquires data continuously and in real time. The system is also non-HTTP with a direct channel to the data port of a local mobile communication provider, thus data transfer is faster and is less expensive. Users can acquire medical data from up to four sensors and can remotely command the biomonitoring module using a GPRS ready mobile phone. To test the reliability of the system, the GPRS roundtrip time, τ_RT and connection success rate are compared with that of SMS. Results show greater variability of connection success rate for GPRS (52.7%–97.0%) compared to SMS (100%). However, the GPRS τ_RT (4.90 s) is more than twice faster than the τ_RT of SMS (12.03 s), making GPRS more suited for real-time data transfer.

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Issue

2007: Proceedings of the 25th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP-2007-3G-01

Section

Instrumentation and Environmental Physics

Published

2007-10-24

How to Cite

[1]

C del Rosario, C Alis, B Buenaobra, and CM Blanca, LIFELINK: Real-time GPRS based telehealth monitoring system , Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 25, SPP-2007-3G-01 (2007). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2007-3G-01.