Continuous, real-time monitoring of assisted livings through wireless body sensor networks

Author

Carnì, Domenico Luca ; Fortino, Giancarlo ; Gravina, Raffaele ; Grimaldi, Domenico ; Guerrieri, Antonio ; Lamonaca, Francesco

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Inf. & Syst. (DEIS), Univ. of Calabria, Rende, Italy

Volume

2

fYear

2011

fDate

15-17 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

872

Lastpage

877

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to propose the wireless body sensor networks (WBSNs) as an enabling technology for a rich variety of application domains, from e-Health to e-Factory. In particular, the paper will describe reference network architectures, effective programming frameworks and novel applications in important application domains for WBSNs. Finally, a WBSN-based system in the e-Health application domain concerning anytime and anywhere remote monitoring of assisted livings is described and analyzed.

Keywords

body sensor networks; handicapped aids; health care; patient monitoring; assisted living; e-Health application; effective programming framework; real time monitoring; reference network architecture; remote monitoring; wireless body sensor networks; Accelerometers; Biomedical monitoring; Computer architecture; Heart rate; Monitoring; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; WBSN; e-Health; programming frameworks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems (IDAACS), 2011 IEEE 6th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Prague

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1426-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IDAACS.2011.6072896

Filename

6072896