## 2 State of the Art
### Related Work
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\begin{tabular}{l|l|l} \hline Project Name/Funding & WeALTHY [2005][24]/EU IST FP5 \\ \hline Target Application & Cardiovascular diseases monitoring during rehabilitation phase. \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Tracked Parameters} & Physiological & ECG, R, T \\ \cline{2-3}  & Non- Physiological & A \\ \hline System Architecture & Sensors, electrodes and connections integrated in fabric form. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Communication Technologies} & BAN & e-textile \\ \cline{2-3}  & PAN/AN & \\ \cline{1-1} \cline{2-3}  & WAN/Backhaul & GPRS \\ \hline System Highlights & Sending of monitoring signals in quasi-real time. \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 10: Summary of CodeBlue. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|} \hline Project Name/Funding & MERMOTH [2006] [29]/EU IST FP6 \\ \hline Target Application & Medical monitoring system. \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Tracked Parameters} & Physiological & ECG, R, T \\ \cline{2-3}  & Non- Physiological & A, P \\ \hline System Architecture & Garment with sensors, a microcontroller, a PDA with transceiver and a remote PC. \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Communication Technologies} & BAN & e-textile \\ \cline{2-3}  & PAN/AN & Wi-Fi \\ \cline{2-3}  & WAN/Backhaul & Internet connection \\ \hline System Highlights & Real time feedback to the patient and remote processing and display. \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 13: Summary of MERMOTH. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|} \hline Project Name/Funding & MyHeart [2006] [30]/EU IST FP6 \\ \hline Target Application & ECG monitoring and classification of continuous motion activity. \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Tracked Parameters} & Physiological & ECG, HR \\ \cline{2-3}  & Non- Physiological & A \\ \hline System Architecture & T-shirt with sensors and processing electronics module, and mobile phone. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Communication Technologies} & BAN & Wired \\ \cline{2-3}  & PAN/AN & Bluetooth \\ \cline{2-3}  & WAN/Backhaul & Cellular network (GSM) \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{System Highlights} & Data storing capabilities included in the on-body electronics. Java program for user \\ \cline{2-3}  & interaction in mobile phone. \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 14: Summary of MyHeart. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|} \hline Project Name/Funding & AUBADE [2006] [31]/EU IST FP5 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Target Application} & Emotional assessment of individuals under stress conditions (car racing drivers or patients suffering from neurological and psychological disorders). \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Tracked Parameters} & Physiological & ECG, Facial EMG, GSR, R \\ \cline{2-3}  & Non- Physiological & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{System Architecture} & A multi-sensorial wearable, composed of three pieces, a data acquisition and wireless communication module, and a centralized system for analysis. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Communication Technologies} & BAN & Wired \\ \cline{2-3}  & PAN/AN & Bluetooth, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11b) \\ \cline{1-1} \cline{2-3}  & WAN/Backhaul & \\ \hline System Highlights & Real-time emotional assessment and data storage. \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 15: Summary of AUBADE. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l|l|l} \hline Project Name/Funding & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{Human\(++\) [2007][34]/IMEC-Nl/Holst Centre, Eindhoven, The Netherlands} \\ \hline Target Application & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{Ambulatory multi-parameter monitoring.} \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Tracked Parameters} & Physiological & ECG, EEG, EMG \\ \cline{2-3}  & Non- Physiological & \\ \hline System Architecture & Sensors, base station and PDA or PC. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Communication Technologies} & BAN & RF 2.4 GHz ISM \\ \cline{2-3}  & PAN/AN & USB \\ \cline{2-3}  & WAN/Backhaul & \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{System Highlights} & Acquisition, processing, storing and visualization of physiological parameters in an unobtrusive way. \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 19: Summary of Personal Health Monitor.