RuBee

Abstract: A contactless smart card with integral wireless power and data link and on-board chemical sensor is described. The chemical sensor part of the smart card comprises a planar conductometric interface onto which a chemically or biologically sensitive thin film may be cast using microfabrication techniques. The thin film sensor and conductometric interface form an integral part of a radio-frequency smart card that has been designed for use in distributed chemical and biological detection systems, and which is based upon the International Standards Organisation high-frequency (HF) ISO 15693 radio-frequency identification (RFID) protocol. Conductometric measurements are controlled, sampled and stored by the smart card electronics. Measurement results achieved with an organic semiconductor, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) poly(styrenesulfonate), PEDOT-PSS, as a model thin film conductometric sensor material cast on planar gold electrodes are reported. The standardisation of short-range wireless radio protocols such as Bluetooth, RuBee, ZigBee, WiFi and RFID is opening new markets for distributed sensors and sensor networks, and the fusion of chemical and biosensor technologies with short-range, low-cost, wireless technologies will create new opportunities for chemical and biological sensor systems in healthcare, environmental monitoring, process and quality control, and chemical and biological threat detection. The chemical sensor smart card described here could in future be suitable for use in various distributed short range wireless data applications and sensor networks as part of the emerging sensor Internet of Things.

Abstract: ZigBee, Wibree, Z-Wave, and RuBee are four protocol standards for short range wireless communications with low power consumption. From an application point of view, ZigBee is designed for reliable wirelessly networked monitoring and control networks, RuBee is proposed for high security applications and use in harsh environment, Wibree considered for sports and healthcare while Z-Wave is planned for residential control systems. In this paper, after an overview of the mentioned four short-range wireless protocols, we attempt to make a preliminary comparison of them and then specifically study their radio frequency, data coding, security etc. At last we have compared different protocols capabilities in high density network.

Abstract: Telemedicine can be defined as the delivery of health care and sharing of medical knowledge over a distance using telecommunication. This paper introduced the new technology of RuBee, RuBee fills the drawback of RFID tags which have no network and cannot be programmable, which has made tremendous progress for the development of the telemedicine. A brief introduction of the RuBee protocol, and analyzed the design of RuBee Router and its application in the Telemedicine System. Provide a snapshot of the applications of electronic patient record, emergency telemedicine and home monitoring etc. in wireless telemedicine systems.