A wireless sensor system for monitoring a physiological parameter of a subject, comprising: a host device configured to monitor a physiological parameter of a subject, the host device also being suitable for use in a wired sensor system in which sensors adapted to detect the physiological parameter and positioned on the body of a subject are directly connected to a host device using wires; a relay station that is in communication with said host device, wherein the relay station is integrated as at least one application specific integrated circuit; at least one wireless patch suitable for wireless communication with said relay station, wherein said wireless patch comprises a sensor for detecting said physiological parameter, and an application specific integrated circuit coupled to said sensor, wherein said wireless patch is adapted to detect data of the physiological parameter and said wireless patch is adapted to transmit said data to said relay station; and at least two complementary radios for facilitating a wireless link between said relay station and said at least one wireless patch, each complementary radio having an antenna, wherein said at least two complementary radios are ultrawideband and narrowband radios, wherein said at least two complementary radios are adaptable to operate in a low power mode and a high power mode or operate in a short range mode and a high range mode, wherein said relay station is adapted to receive said data from said wireless patch, rearrange said data as needed to present to said host device, and transmit said data to said host device, wherein the relay station further comprises a transcoder adapted to demultiplex said data received by the relay station from said wireless patch, wherein said transcoder is adapted to decode and rearrange said data received by the relay station to a format as needed to present to the host device, wherein said relay station is configured to communicate with said host device using a built-in radio that is different from said at least two complementary radios, wherein the host device comprises a radio, and wherein the application specific integrated circuit of the wireless patch and the application specific integrated circuit of the relay station are configured such that, in use, power is distributed asymmetrically between said application specific integrated circuit of said relay station and said application specific integrated circuit of said wireless patch. a host device configured to monitor a physiological parameter of a subject, the host device also being suitable for use in a wired sensor system in which sensors adapted to detect the physiological parameter and positioned on the body of a subject are directly connected to a host device using wires; a relay station that is in communication with said host device, wherein the relay station is integrated as at least one application specific integrated circuit; at least one wireless patch suitable for wireless communication with said relay station, wherein said wireless patch comprises a sensor for detecting said physiological parameter, and an application specific integrated circuit coupled to said sensor, wherein said wireless patch is adapted to detect data of the physiological parameter and said wireless patch is adapted to transmit said data to said relay station; and at least two complementary radios for facilitating a wireless link between said relay station and said at least one wireless patch, each complementary radio having an antenna, wherein said at least two complementary radios are ultrawideband and narrowband radios, wherein said at least two complementary radios are adaptable to operate in a low power mode and a high power mode or operate in a short range mode and a high range mode, wherein said relay station is adapted to receive said data from said wireless patch, rearrange said data as needed to present to said host device, and transmit said data to said host device, wherein the relay station further comprises a transcoder adapted to demultiplex said data received by the relay station from said wireless patch, wherein said transcoder is adapted to decode and rearrange said data received by the relay station to a format as needed to present to the host device, wherein said relay station is configured to communicate with said host device using a built-in radio that is different from said at least two complementary radios, wherein the host device comprises a radio, and wherein the application specific integrated circuit of the wireless patch and the application specific integrated circuit of the relay station are configured such that, in use, power is distributed asymmetrically between said application specific integrated circuit of said relay station and said application specific integrated circuit of said wireless patch.