Information and Communications Technology and Policy

Information and Communications Technology and Policy

Information and Communications Technology and Policy ›› 2020, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (8): 75-79.

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Current situation and trend of body area network based on wearable computing

  

  1. 1. Cloud Computing & Big Data Research Institute, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology,Beijing 100191, China;
    2. CTTL Terminal labs, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, Beijing 100191, China;
    3. Centerfor Medical Device Evaluation, National Medical Products Administration, Beijing 100181, China
  • Online:2020-08-15 Published:2020-11-06

Abstract: With the vigorous development of the digital health industry represented by the healthcare Internet of Things and smart wearable devices, the body area network technology based on wearable computing has also attracted widespread attention. This paper takes the wearable computing-based body area network as the research object, combing through the basic architecture of the body area network system, the sensor node architecture and the network layer communication standard protocol. Then, it studies the basic characteristics, development trend and supervision strategy of the technology. It is clarified that cloud computing, big data, block chain technology and their integration will become the main trend in the future, and regulatory standardization and technical standardization are of great significance to the development of the industry.

Key words: wearable computing, body area network, sensors, communication protocols, IoT