Abstract
Non-contact breathing monitoring systems are very attractive for a range of e-Healthcare applications. This paper proposes a passive radar based system for measuring human breathing rate. A novel signal processing method is introduced to extract breathing rate based on micro Doppler derived from cross ambiguity function (CAF). The passive radar system is built within a software defined radio (SDR) platform. The proposed system uses opportunistically energy harvesting transmitter as an illumination signal. Passive detection is compared and verified using the ground truth from clinical chest belt respiration detector. Two experiments have been conducted to show the feasibility of passive detection system in the line of sight and also through-wall conditions. We conclude that a low frequency narrow band signal with non-contact passive detection can offer a realistic alternative to UWB based radars for future e-Healthcare passive sensing applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2016 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2016 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-4799-6664-6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4799-6665-3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 12 Jul 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 2016 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2016 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Duration: 22 May 2016 → 27 May 2016 |
Conference
| Conference | 2016 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2016 |
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| Country | Malaysia |
| City | Kuala Lumpur |
| Period | 22/05/16 → 27/05/16 |
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Keywords
- Doppler shift
- Passive radar
- Belts
- Surveillance
- Signal processing
- Lighting
- software radio
- Doppler radar
- energy harvesting
- medical signal processing
- passive radar
- patient monitoring
- pneumodynamics
- radar detection
- microDoppler
- noncontact breathing detection
- passive radar system
- noncontact breathing monitoring system
- human breathing rate
- signal processing method
- cross ambiguity function
- CAF
- software defined radio
- SDR
- energy harvesting transmitter
- illumination signal
- passive detection system
- through-wall condition
- frequency narrow band signal
- e-Healthcare passive sensing application
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Networks and Communications