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  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Wireless Communication Systems
  • Signal Processing

Background:

  • Wireless wearable sensor systems are crucial for acquiring biomedical signals such as electroencephalogram (EEG), electrocardiogram (ECG), and electromyogram (EMG).
  • Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is a promising wireless protocol for multi-channel bioelectric signal monitoring due to its low power consumption.
  • Existing time synchronization methods for BLE systems lack high throughput, low latency, device transferability, and energy efficiency.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate novel, hardware-independent time synchronization and data alignment algorithms for multi-channel BLE biomedical sensor systems.
  • To address the limitations of current synchronization techniques in terms of performance and practicality.

Main Methods:

  • Developed two algorithms: a time synchronization and simple data alignment (SDA) algorithm and an improved linear interpolation data alignment (LIDA) algorithm.
  • Implemented algorithms in the BLE application layer on Texas Instruments (TI) CC26XX devices, without requiring additional hardware.
  • Tested algorithms using sinusoidal input signals (10-210 Hz) simulating EEG, ECG, and EMG signals, with two peripheral nodes and one central node.

Main Results:

  • The SDA algorithm achieved an average absolute time alignment error of 384.3 ± 386.5 μs.
  • The LIDA algorithm significantly improved performance, achieving a lower average absolute time alignment error of 189.9 ± 204.7 μs.
  • LIDA demonstrated statistically superior performance across all tested frequencies compared to SDA, with errors well below one sample period for common bioelectric signals.

Conclusions:

  • The developed LIDA algorithm provides effective time synchronization and data alignment for multi-channel BLE biomedical systems.
  • These algorithms offer a practical, hardware-efficient solution for improving the accuracy of wireless bioelectric signal acquisition.
  • The findings support the use of BLE for advanced wearable health monitoring systems requiring precise data synchronization.