Method for wireless data transmission range extension

A wireless ultrasound transducer, which is portable by a patient to be monitored and configured to communicatively couple to a base station of a wireless health monitoring system, the wireless ultrasound transducer comprising:

• a transmitter;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• calculate a distance between the wireless ultrasound transducer and the base station based on one or more attributes of a wireless communication channel between the transmitter and a receiver of the base station;
• determine a data compression level for compressing ultrasound data to be transmitted from the wireless ultrasound transducer to the base station based on the distance between the wireless ultrasound transducer and the base station;
• compress the ultrasound data to be transmitted based on the determined data compression level to generate a compressed ultrasound data signal;
• dynamically adjust, based at least in part on the determined data compression level, a transmission bandwidth of the wireless ultrasound transducer such that the transmitter transmits wirelessly the compressed ultrasound data signal from the wireless ultrasound transducer to the base station using the adjusted transmission bandwidth;
• and
• rendering a synthetic audio representative of a detected ultrasound signal in lieu of the detected ultrasound signal by the base station, in response to a determination that the determined data compression level satisfies a threshold.

A method for dynamically adjusting sound data compression level and transmission bandwidth of a wireless ultrasound transducer configured to be portable by a patient for wireless health monitoring, the method comprising:

• detecting an ultrasound signal using the wireless ultrasound transducer;
• calculating a distance between the wireless ultrasound transducer and a base station of a wireless health monitoring system based on one or more attributes of a wireless communication channel between the wireless ultrasound transducer and the base station;
• determining a data compression level for compressing data to be transmitted wirelessly from the wireless ultrasound transducer to the base station, based on the distance between the wireless ultrasound transducer and the base station, wherein the data represents the detected ultrasound signal;
• compressing the data that represents the detected ultrasound signal based on the determined data compression level to generate a compressed ultrasound data signal;
• determining, based at least in part on the determined data compression level, the transmission bandwidth for the wireless ultrasound transducer;
• transmitting the compressed ultrasound data signal from the wireless ultrasound transducer to the base station using the determined transmission bandwidth;
• and
• rendering a synthetic audio representative of the detected ultrasound signal in lieu of the detected ultrasound signal by the base station, in response to a determination that a predetermined number of bit errors is detected.

A wireless ultrasound transducer, which is portable by a patient to be monitored and configured to communicatively couple to a base station of a wireless health monitoring system, the wireless ultrasound transducer comprising:

• a transmitter;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• calculate a distance between the wireless ultrasound transducer and the base station based on one or more attributes of a wireless communication channel between the transmitter and a receiver of the base station;
• determine a data compression level for compressing ultrasound data to be transmitted from the wireless ultrasound transducer to the base station based on the distance between the wireless ultrasound transducer and the base station;
• compress the ultrasound data to be transmitted based on the determined data compression level to generate a compressed ultrasound data signal;
• dynamically adjust, based at least in part on the determined data compression level, a transmission bandwidth of the wireless ultrasound transducer such that the transmitter transmits wirelessly the compressed ultrasound data signal from the wireless ultrasound transducer to the base station using the adjusted transmission bandwidth;
• and
• rendering a synthetic audio representative of a detected ultrasound signal in lieu of the detected ultrasound signal by the base station, in response to a determination by the receiver that a predetermined number of bit errors is detected.