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Modern technologies allow performing of ver different tas!s these das" #emote patient

care and control is one of s$ch" %t $tili&es vario$s technologies' from #(%D to )*N in order to

monitor patients in remote locations" Data collection f$nctions are performed + machiner of

different !ind" Machines are far more acc$rate' do not distort data +eca$se of tiredness or other

iss$es' can store m$ch more information than h$man memor ,at once-' etc" .herefore' different

technical sol$tions are everwhere in order to control literall everthing for vario$s p$rposes"

)ireless sensor networ!s ,)*N- are the /$intessence of h$man desire to control everthing"

)ireless sensors provide tremendo$s freedom for +eing installed almost anwhere necessar"

.he e0isting technologies of remote patient care are e0plored + man researches" .h$s'

for e0ample' insalleeh and colleag$es ,2334- developed the concept of possi+ilit of

management for the M$slims who perform their pilgrimage in Ma!!ah' *a$di Ara+ia" .he

proposed to $sed #(%D chips that $se radio5fre/$enc waves to transfer data +etween a reader

and #(%D tag for rather different p$rposes"

.he a$thors ,2334- state6 7#(%D is fast' relia+le' and does not re/$ire phsical sight or

contact +etween reader8scanner and the tagged item" .his non5line of sight propert ma!es #(%D

s$ita+le for o$r application' compared to +arcodes or other opticall read technologies"9

.herefore' it is possi+le to implement this sstem in case each pilgrim will accept the offer to

ta!e )*N sensor +ased on #(%D chip ,Al5*alman' 2313: insalleeh et al"' 2334-"

l$etooth protocol can +e $sed within )*N as well" .h$s' Cheng and ;h$ang ,2313-

proposed in5home care patient monitoring sstem +ased on l$etooth technolog" .he a$thors

have e0plained the l$etooth $sage as the most appropriate one for s$ch !ind of sstem +eca$se

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of the following advantages of l$etooth for )*N6 Convenience' +$l!iness' acc$rac' and

d$ra+ilit"

According to Cheng and ;h$ang ,2313-' l$etooth technolog 7has +een specificall

designed as a low5cost' low5power' and small5si&e radio technolog' which is partic$larl

dedicated to short5range comm$nications"9 (ig$re < ,Cheng = ;h$ang' 2313- ill$strates the

wor! of l$etooth5ena+led sstem6

(ig$re ect positioning and location5aware applications rather s$ccessf$ll: however'

rigoro$s )i5(i device cali+ration is not appropriate for its $se for the a+ove5mentioned p$rposes

,Cheng = ;h$ang' 2313-"

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Another research' cond$cted + *hin and colleag$es ,233@- showed the following6 7.his

technolog is widel $sed in these das for %nternet connections" $t this is not proper for sensor

networ!ing +eca$se of its +$l! si&e and heav power cons$mption" *o we do not mention a+o$t

this technolog"9 .herefore' we can concl$de that )i5(i sho$ld +e $tili&ed for specific )*N

onl' s$ch as emergenc scenarios' for e0ample ,Gavrilovs!a = Atanasovs!i' 233@-"

.he research of .ownsend and Arms ,233- s$pports the concl$sions of *hin et al" ,233@-

regarding )i5(i $se for )*N6 7)hile the data rates are certainl high eno$gh for

wireless sensor applications' the power re/$irements generall precl$de its $se in wireless sensor

applications"9 .he a$thors also disc$ss l$etooth protocol $sage for )*N and o$tline several

limitations6 l$etooth s$pports star topolog onl: the n$m+er of nodes per piconet is low ,@ or

less-: snchroni&ation of sensor after sleep mode ta!es time and th$s' sstem power: etc"

*hin et al" ,233@- contin$ed their research in order e0plore ;igee protocol as the most

$p5to5date for +eing applied for )*N" .he a$thors state that this protocol was developed as the

standard technolog for home a$tomation and slow rate data comm$nication" .herefore' it is

optimi&ed for low data d$t5ccle and low power cons$mption"

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#eferences

Al5*alman' M" ,2313-" Gro$p of Pilgrims Monitoring + $sing )ireless *ensor Networ!s"Imam

Muhammad Bin Saud Islamic University College of Computer and Information Sciences,

Department of Computer Science' 5B2"

insalleeh' H"' Mohammed' N"' *andh$' P" *"' Al>$mah' ("' = ($ng' " C" M" ,2334-" sing

#(%D tags to %mprove Pilgrimage Management" Concordia University' 15