title: A concept to standardize raw biosignal transmission for brain-computer interfaces.
abstract: With this concept we introduced the attempt of a standardized interface called TiA to transmit raw biosignals. TiA is able to deal with multirate and block-oriented data transmission. Data is distinguished by different signal types (e.g., EEG, EOG, NIRS, …), whereby those signals can be acquired at the same time from different acquisition devices. TiA is built as a client-server model. Multiple clients can connect to one server. Information is exchanged via a control- and a separated data connection. Control commands and meta information are transmitted over the control connection. Raw biosignal data is delivered using the data connection in a unidirectional way. For this purpose a standardized handshaking protocol and raw data packet have been developed. Thus, an abstraction layer between hardware devices and data processing was evolved facilitating standardization.
authors.affiliation: BCI Lab, Institute for Knowledge Discovery, Graz University of Technology, Austria. c.breitwieser@tugraz.at
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Breitwieser
authors.forename: Christa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Neuper
authors.forename: Gernot R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Müller-Putz
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000295:instrumentation; D003199:Computer Systems; D003201:Computers; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008328:Man-Machine Systems; D011381:Programming Languages; D012015:Reference Standards; D012656:Self-Help Devices / Q000592:standards*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012984:Software; D013997:Time Factors; D014584:User-Computer Interface