%0 Journal Article %1 monteiro2019software %A Monteiro, A.C. B. %A Estrela, Vania V. %A Estrela, Vania Vieira %A Estrela, V. V. %A Estrela, Vania %A Estrela, V. %A Vieira Estrela, Vania %A Vieira Estrela, V. %A Khelassi, A. %A Iano, Yuzo %A Martins, Delcimar %A Rocha, Diego T. M. %D 2019 %I KNOWLEDGE KINGDOM PUBLISHING, https://doi.org/10.26415/2572-004X~… %J Medical Technologies Journal %K WBAN biomedical_engineering body_area_network cloud_computing communications cyber_physical_systems electronic_instrumentation health_4.0 health_informatics healthcare imported internet_of_medical_things iot myown software-defined_radio wearables wireless_body_area_network wireless_communication %N 3 %P 421--429 %R 10.26415/2572-004X-vol3iss3p421-429 %T Why Software-Defined Radio (SDR) Matters in Healthcare %U http://ichsmt.org/Journals/ojs/index.php/MTJ/article/view/261 %V 3 %X ichsmt.org Why software-defined radio (SDR) matters in healthcare? Vania V Estrela, Abdeldjalil KHELASSI, Ana Carolina Borges Monteiro, Yuzo Iano, Navid Razmjooy, Delcimar Martins, Diego TM Rocha Medical Technologies Journal 3 (3), 421-429, 2019 Background: Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) have been drawing noteworthy academic and industrial attention. A WBAN states a network dedicated to acquire personal biomedical data via cutting-edge sensors and to transmit healthcare-related commands to particular types of actuators intended for health purposes. Still, different proprietary designs exist, which may lead to biased assessments. This paper studies the role of Software-Defined Radio (SDR) in a WBAN system for inpatient and outpatient monitoring and explains to health professionals the importance of the SDR within WBANs. Methods: A concern related to all wireless networks is their dependence on hardware, which limits reprogramming or reconfiguration alternatives. If an error happens in the equipment, firmware, or software, then, typically, there will be no way to fix system vulnerabilities. SDR solves many fixed-hardware problems with other benefits. Results: SDR entails more healthcare domain dynamics with more network convergence in agreement with the stakeholders involved. Then the SDR perspective can bring in innovation to the healthcare subsystems’ interoperability with recombination/reprogramming of their parts, updating, and malleability. Conclusion: SDR technology has many utilizations in radio environments and is becoming progressively more widespread among all kinds of users. Nowadays, there are many frameworks to manipulate radio signals only with a computer and an inexpensive SDR arrangement. Moreover, providing a very cheap radio receiver/transmitter equipment, SDR devices can be merged with free software to simplify the spectrum analyses, provide interferences detection, deliver efficient frequency distribution assignments, test repeaters' operation while measuring their parameters, identify spectrum intruders and characterize noise according to frequency bands.

@article{monteiro2019software, abstract = {ichsmt.org Why software-defined radio (SDR) matters in healthcare? Vania V Estrela, Abdeldjalil KHELASSI, Ana Carolina Borges Monteiro, Yuzo Iano, Navid Razmjooy, Delcimar Martins, Diego TM Rocha Medical Technologies Journal 3 (3), 421-429, 2019 Background: Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) have been drawing noteworthy academic and industrial attention. A WBAN states a network dedicated to acquire personal biomedical data via cutting-edge sensors and to transmit healthcare-related commands to particular types of actuators intended for health purposes. Still, different proprietary designs exist, which may lead to biased assessments. This paper studies the role of Software-Defined Radio (SDR) in a WBAN system for inpatient and outpatient monitoring and explains to health professionals the importance of the SDR within WBANs. Methods: A concern related to all wireless networks is their dependence on hardware, which limits reprogramming or reconfiguration alternatives. If an error happens in the equipment, firmware, or software, then, typically, there will be no way to fix system vulnerabilities. SDR solves many fixed-hardware problems with other benefits. Results: SDR entails more healthcare domain dynamics with more network convergence in agreement with the stakeholders involved. Then the SDR perspective can bring in innovation to the healthcare subsystems’ interoperability with recombination/reprogramming of their parts, updating, and malleability. Conclusion: SDR technology has many utilizations in radio environments and is becoming progressively more widespread among all kinds of users. Nowadays, there are many frameworks to manipulate radio signals only with a computer and an inexpensive SDR arrangement. Moreover, providing a very cheap radio receiver/transmitter equipment, SDR devices can be merged with free software to simplify the spectrum analyses, provide interferences detection, deliver efficient frequency distribution assignments, test repeaters' operation while measuring their parameters, identify spectrum intruders and characterize noise according to frequency bands.}, added-at = {2021-04-21T12:10:35.000+0200}, author = {Monteiro, A.C. B. and Estrela, Vania V. and Estrela, Vania Vieira and Estrela, V. V. and Estrela, Vania and Estrela, V. and Vieira Estrela, Vania and Vieira Estrela, V. and Khelassi, A. and Iano, Yuzo and Martins, Delcimar and Rocha, Diego T. M.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2a5e560df72902cef622623e646b9b0e7/vaniave}, doi = {10.26415/2572-004X-vol3iss3p421-429}, interhash = {83a242c5a999285a206069dbd3173249}, intrahash = {a5e560df72902cef622623e646b9b0e7}, journal = {Medical Technologies Journal}, keywords = {WBAN biomedical_engineering body_area_network cloud_computing communications cyber_physical_systems electronic_instrumentation health_4.0 health_informatics healthcare imported internet_of_medical_things iot myown software-defined_radio wearables wireless_body_area_network wireless_communication}, language = {English}, number = 3, pages = {421--429}, publisher = {KNOWLEDGE KINGDOM PUBLISHING, https://doi.org/10.26415/2572-004X~…}, timestamp = {2021-05-16T19:57:11.000+0200}, title = {Why Software-Defined Radio (SDR) Matters in Healthcare}, url = {http://ichsmt.org/Journals/ojs/index.php/MTJ/article/view/261}, volume = 3, year = 2019 }