López Iturri, PeioLed Ramos, SantiagoAguirre Gallego, ErikAzpilicueta Fernández de las Heras, LeyreSerrano Arriezu, Luis JavierFalcone Lanas, Francisco2017-11-152017-11-1520162504-390010.3390/ecsa-3-D001 (erróneo)https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/26180Trabajo presentado al 3rd International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications, noviembre 15-30, 2016; Available online: https://sciforum.net/conference/ecsa-3.In this work, a method to analyze the performance of Bluetooth-based Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) deployed within hospital environments is presented. Due to the complexity that this kind of scenarios exhibit in terms of radio propagation and coexistence with other wireless communication systems and other potential interference sources, the deployment of WSNs becomes a complex task which requires an in-depth radio planning analysis. For that purpose, simulation results obtained with the aid of an in-house developed 3D Ray Launching code are presented. The scenarios under analysis are located at the Hospital of Navarre Complex (HNC), in the city of Pamplona. As hospitals have a wide variety of scenarios, the analysis has been carried out in different zones such as Boxes, where different medical sensors based on Bluetooth communication protocol have been deployed. The simulation results obtained have been validated with measurements within the scenario under analysis, exhibiting Bluetooth-based WSNs performance within hospital environments in terms of coverage/capacity relations. The proposed methodology can aid in obtaining optimal network configuration and hence performance of Bluetooth-based WSNs within medical/health service provision environments.6 p.application/pdfeng© 2016 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.Ray launchingBluetoothWireless sensor networksHospital environmentInterferenceinfo:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObjectAcceso abierto / Sarbide irekiainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess