Selection and optimization of wireless sensors in a smart digital home for the elderly

Author

Gaddam, A. ; Kaur, K. ; Mukhopadhyay, S.C. ; Gupta, G. Sen

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng. & Adv. Technol., Massey Univ., Palmerston North, New Zealand

fYear

2009

fDate

25-28 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

1382

Lastpage

1386

Abstract

In this paper we present the impediments in designing and implementing a wireless sensor network based smart home for monitoring the elderly and to propose an optimal solution to circumvent the impediments. The smart home is based on a few smart and intelligent wireless sensors, which can be configured around a wireless ad-hoc network. The system will generate early warning message to care giver, when an unforeseen abnormal condition occurs. It will also, analyze the gathered data to determine resident behaviour using optimal number of intelligent sensors.

Keywords

biomedical communication; biomedical equipment; geriatrics; home automation; intelligent sensors; medical computing; patient care; patient monitoring; wireless sensor networks; ad hoc network; care giver; early warning message; elderly people monitoring; intelligent sensors; smart digital home; wireless sensor network; wireless sensors; Costs; Impedance; Intelligent networks; Intelligent sensors; Monitoring; Senior citizens; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; Smart homes; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensors, 2009 IEEE

Conference_Location

Christchurch

ISSN

1930-0395

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4548-6

Electronic_ISBN

1930-0395

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSENS.2009.5398424

Filename

5398424