Title :
Smart sensor network for continuous monitoring at home of elderly population with chronic diseases
Author :
Popescu, Dan ; Dobrescu, Radu ; Maciuca, Andrei ; Marcu, Roxana
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Autom. & Ind. Inf., Politeh. Univ. of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Abstract :
The current paper proposes a smart sensor network based on femtocells to monitor patients with chronic diseases at their home. The main purpose of this network is to help elderly population with chronic diseases to spend less time in specialized institutions and reduce the costs significantly as certified employees will not be necessary.
Keywords :
diseases; femtocellular radio; geriatrics; intelligent sensors; wireless sensor networks; chronic diseases; elderly population; femtocells; patient continuous monitoring; smart sensor network; specialized institution; Biomedical monitoring; Femtocells; Monitoring; Senior citizens; Sensors; Wireless sensor networks; body sensors; environment monitoring; femtocell; radio over fiber; wireless sensor network;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR), 2012 20th
Conference_Location :
Belgrade
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2983-5
DOI :
10.1109/TELFOR.2012.6419282
