Recent technological advances in integrated circuits, wireless communications, and physiological sensing have boosted the development of miniaturized, lightweight, ultra-low power, intelligent monitoring devices. A number of these devices can be integrated to form a Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN), a wireless sensor network whose devices, called motes, are positioned on the body of a person to monitor biometric parameters and vital signs. To this extent, the latest advances in Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology have opened up the opportunity to realize miniaturized accelerometers, a sensing element that measures acceleration.
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