Title :
A Secure Ubiquitous Computing Approach for Serving Elderly Citizens
Author :
Kumar, K. ; Begum, J. Nafeesa ; Sumathy, V.
Author_Institution :
CSE, Gov. Coll. of Eng., Bargur, India
Abstract :
Health and mobility of elderly people is becoming a more and more important issue in Indian´s ageing societies. New communication-based methods to provide health service with personal health care devices and services are considered promising elements of best medical care for everybody. Among all services a system that can help people living with very less support or care takers around them is essential. To achieve this vision, several technological issues have to be solved: (i) body sensors to monitor vital functions like ECG, BP and Body Temperature have to be developed; (ii) the collected sensor data has to be analyzed to detect emergency situations; (iii) relevant data has to be integrated with other information systems in the work environment of medical experts; (iv) information has to be send in secure way using Elliptic Curve Cryptography. These challenges are addressed within the Ubiquitous Health Care System. The goal of the paper is to develop a framework in which health professionals can remotely monitor and diagnose elderly person or patients.
Keywords :
health care; public key cryptography; ubiquitous computing; BP; ECG; body sensors; body temperature; communication-based methods; elderly citizens; elliptic curve cryptography; emergency situations; health services; medical experts; personal health care devices; secure ubiquitous computing; ubiquitous health care system; Aging; Biomedical monitoring; Electrocardiography; Information analysis; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Senior citizens; Sensor systems; Temperature sensors; Ubiquitous computing; Elliptic Curve Cryptography; Group Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement; Ubiquitous Health Care System;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Modelling and Simulation (UKSim), 2010 12th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6614-6
DOI :
10.1109/UKSIM.2010.124