Implementing home care application in Brazilian Digital TV

GINGA, today an ITU-T recommendation H.761, was developed to be the middleware of the Brazilian digital TV model. The DIGA GINGA (digital automation monitoring and control using GINGA technology) is part of the GINGA CDN project (code development network), a Brazilian research network that aims to add value to GINGA, producing components and applications. The main idea of DIGA GINGA is to share a computational structure of the digital TV set-top-box adding services to users, such as tracking the physical environment (home security), personal monitoring (vital signs) and other applications for home automation. The DIGA GINGA environment will test two of the components specified in the GINGA CDN project, data persistence and channel of return (interactivity channel), which are being implemented at the Group of Computer Networks - GREAT. This study will also present the implementation of a prototype, which provides monitoring and support for who are in a state of recovery or are carriers of diseases that require intensive medical supervision.