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U-R-Safe home page
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With the help of the U-R-Safe platform the patient can gain mobility but not with a lack of security. The ability to smoothly move from an indoor wireless network to the global public network ensures that the patient is always and everywhere monitored and within the reach of a medical call center.
The WPAN worn by the patient uses Ultra Wide Band technology to communicate between the medical measuring devices and the Personal Base Station. For short distances indoor, the WPAN can also communicate directly with a WLAN relay network that is connected to the PSTN infrastructure or to a satellite network for isolated places. The PBS contains also a GSM/ GPRS or UMTS connection to the public mobile network. When people are moving around and lose the connection to the indoor relay network, intelligent hand-over from indoor WLAN to the public mobile network is achieved. During the project, the choice between the various public wireless networks (GSM/GPRS or UMTS) will be done depending on their availability. If the patient is out of cellular network coverage, the satellite network can be used for transferring data to the medical call center or for contacting the patient for further information.
