## 2 State of the Art
### Related Work
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\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|} \hline Project Name/Funding & FragIC [2005][22]/University of Milan, Bioeng. Centre \& Cardiac Rehab. Unit \\ \hline Target Application & Unobtrusive recording of cardiac patients in clinical environment. \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Tracked Parameters} & Physiological & ECG, R \\ \cline{2-3}  & Non- Physiological & Acc \\ \hline System Architecture & Vest with sensors and portable electronic board. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Communication Technologies} & BAN & Bluetooth \\ \cline{2-3}  & PAN/AN & \\ \cline{2-3}  & WAN/Backhaul & \\ \hline System Highlights & Transmission of tracked signals to a remote computer or PDA for data storage. \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 8: Summary of MagIC. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|} \hline Project Name/Funding & FragIC [2005][22]/Nonwegian Research Council (MEDKAP project) \\ \hline Target Application & Real time and remote heart monitoring. \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Tracked Parameters} & Physiological & ECG \\ \cline{2-3}  & Non- Physiological & \\ \hline System Architecture & Wireless ECG-sensor, PDA and remote web server. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Communication Technologies} & BAN & RF-transmitter at 869.700 MHz \\ \cline{2-3}  & PAN/AN & \\ \cline{2-3}  & WAN/Backhaul & Cellular network (GPRS) \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{System Highlights} & Real time ECG monitoring and report to physicians of ECG alarm situations. Web based diagnosis feedback to patient. \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 5: Summary of [PERSON] _et al._ \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l|l|l} \hline Project Name/Funding & CodeBlue [2005][25]/Harvard University \\ \hline Target Application & Real time monitoring of multiple patients in hospitals or clinics. \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Tracked Parameters} & Physiological & ECG, EMG, HR, SpO2 \\ \cline{2-3}  & Non- Physiological & L \\ \hline System Architecture & Wrist strap, finger sensors and EMG sensors. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Communication Technologies} & BAN & IEEE 802.15.4 \\ \cline{2-3}  & PAN/AN & IEEE 802.15.4 \\ \cline{2-3}  & WAN/Backhaul & \\ \hline System Highlights & Monitoring of multiple patients. \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 10: Summary of CodeBlue. \begin{table}
\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{2-3}  & WAN/Backhaul & GPRS \\ \hline System Highlights & Sending of monitoring signals in quasi-real time. \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 9: Summary of WEALTHY. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l|l|l} \hline Project Name/Funding & [PERSON] _et al._[2005–2006][26,27]/University of Alabama \\ \hline Target Application & Ambulatory monitoring during normal daily activities. \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Tracked Parameters} & Physiological & ECG, SpO2 \\ \cline{2-3}  & Non- Physiological & Humidity of the environment, L (GPS), M, P, T \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{System Architecture} & Tier 1: WBAN (based on TelosB hardware); Tier 2: Personal server (PDA or Phone); Tier \\  & 3: Medical Services. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Communication Technologies} & BAN & Zigbee \\ \cline{2-3}  & PAN/AN & USB, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth \\ \cline{1-1} \cline{2-3}  & WAN/Backhaul & Cellular network (GPRS) \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{System Highlights} & Real time analysis of sensing data with feedback to the user. Generation of warnings based on the user’s and environment state. \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 11: Summary of [PERSON] _et al._