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Therefore, the reliability of such a system depends on the quality of the wireless data transmission. At present, most BSNs use ZigBee or other IEEE 802.15.4 based transmission technologies. Here, we evaluated the performance of a wireless transmission system of a novel BSN for biomedical applications in the 433MHz ISM band, called Integrated Posture and Activity NEtwork by Medit Aachen (IPANEMA) BSN. The 433MHz ISM band is used mostly by implanted sensors and thus allows easy integration of such into the BSN. Multiple measurement scenarios have been assessed, including varying antenna orientations, transmission distances and the number of network participants. The mean packet loss rate (PLR) was 0.63% for a single slave, which is comparable to IEEE 802.15.4 BSNs in the proximity of Bluetooth orWiFi networks. Secondly, an enhanced version is evaluated during on-body measurements with five slaves. The mean PLR results show a comparable good performance for measurements on a treadmill (2.5%), an outdoor track (3.4%) and in a climate chamber (1.5%).<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s130100898","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,1,15]],"date-time":"2013-01-15T02:36:29Z","timestamp":1358217389000},"page":"898-917","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":26,"title":["Evaluation of a 433 MHz Band Body Sensor Network for Biomedical Applications"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Saim","family":"Kim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Chair for Medical Information Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstrasse 20, Aachen 52074, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christian","family":"Brendle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chair for Medical Information Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstrasse 20, Aachen 52074, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hyun-Young","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chair for Medical Information Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstrasse 20, Aachen 52074, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4137-5370","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marian","family":"Walter","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chair for Medical Information Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstrasse 20, Aachen 52074, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sigrid","family":"Gloeggler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Pneumology, Angiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, Aachen 52074, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Stefan","family":"Krueger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Pneumology, Angiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, Aachen 52074, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6898-6887","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Steffen","family":"Leonhardt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chair for Medical Information Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstrasse 20, Aachen 52074, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,1,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Yang, G.Z., and Yacoub, M. 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