## 2 State of the Art
### Related Work
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\begin{tabular}{l|l|l} \hline Project Name/Funding & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{SmartVest [2007][33]/National Programme on Smart Materials (NPSM), India} \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Target Application} & Monitoring of the health status and geo-location of employees to ensure the safety and the effective completion assigned tasks. \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Tracked Parameters} & Physiological & BPr, ECG, GSR, HR, Photoplethysmogram, T \\ \cline{2-3}  & Non- Physiological & L (GPS) \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{System Architecture} & Vest with e-textile sensors integrated, wearable data acquisition and processing hardware and remote monitoring station. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Communication Technologies} & BAN & Proprietary from Xtream in the ISM band (2.4 GHz) \\ \cline{2-3}  & PAN/AN & USB \\ \cline{2-3}  & WAN/Backhaul & \\ \hline System Highlights & Continuous transmission of data to remote monitoring station. \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 17: Summary of SmartVest. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l|l|l} \hline Project Name/Funding & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{Personal Health Monitor [2007][35]/Microsoft} \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Target Application} & Personal health monitoring. \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Tracked Parameters} & Physiological & BPr, ECG, SpO2, Weight \\ \cline{2-3}  & Non- Physiological & P, L \\ \hline System Architecture & Wireless sensors and mobile phone with specific application. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Communication Technologies} & BAN & Bluetooth \\ \cline{2-3}  & PAN/AN & \\ \cline{2-3}  & WAN/Backhaul & Cellular network \\ \hline \multirow{6}{*}{System Highlights} & The mobile phone application analyses, in real-time, data wirelessly received from the sensors, and can send this data in real-time to medical specialists. If any parameter goes out of the normal range, the mobile phone automatically determines the person’s current location and generates an alert message. \\ \cline{2-3}  & & \\ \cline{1-1} \cline{2-3}  & & \\ \cline{1-1} \cline{2-3}  & & \\ \cline{1-1} \cline{2-3}  & & \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 19: Summary of Personal Health Monitor. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l|l|l} \hline Project Name/Funding &
\begin{tabular}{l} [PERSON] _et al._ [2008] [38]/University of Alamama \\ \end{tabular} \\ \hline Target Application & Remote cardiac monitoring of multiple patients. \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Tracked Parameters} & Physiological & ECG \\  & Non- Physiological & L (indoor) \\ \hline System Architecture & ECG micro-sensor with RF modes and ECG server. \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Communication Technologies} & BAN & Wired \\ \cline{2-3}  & PAN/AN & IEEE 802.15.4 \\ \cline{2-3}  & WAN/Backhaul & \\ \hline System Highlights & Real time data collection and data mining. Multiple patients monitoring in a mesh architecture. \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 23: Summary of HipGuard. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l|l} \hline Project Name/Funding &
\begin{tabular}{l} [PERSON] _et al._ [2008] [38]/University of Commerce, Industry and Energy (MOCIE) and \\ Korea Industrial Technology Foundation(KOTEF) \\ \end{tabular} \\ \hline Target Application & Ubiquitous monitoring system. \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Tracked Parameters} & Physiological & ECG, SpO2 \\ \cline{2-3}  & Non- Physiological & A \\ \hline System Architecture & Chest belt, wrist bandage and monitoring system (PC). \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Communication Technologies} & BAN & IEEE 802.15.4 \\ \cline{2-3}  & PAN/AN & \\ \cline{2-3}  & WAN/Backhaul & \\ \hline System Highlights & Real-time monitoring and data analysis. \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 20: Summary of [PERSON] _et al._