1st International ICST Workshop on Ambient Technologies for Diagnosing and Monitoring Chronic Patients

Research Article

Wirelessly Accessible Sensor Populations (WASP) for Elderly Care Monitoring

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2777,
        author={Louis Atallah and Benny Lo and Guang-Zhong Yang and Frank Siegemund},
        title={Wirelessly Accessible Sensor Populations (WASP) for Elderly Care Monitoring},
        proceedings={1st International ICST Workshop on Ambient Technologies for Diagnosing and Monitoring Chronic Patients},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={ATDMCP},
        year={2008},
        month={7},
        keywords={Sensor networks  activity  elderly care  services},
        doi={10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2777}
    }
    
  • Louis Atallah
    Benny Lo
    Guang-Zhong Yang
    Frank Siegemund
    Year: 2008
    Wirelessly Accessible Sensor Populations (WASP) for Elderly Care Monitoring
    ATDMCP
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2777
Louis Atallah1,*, Benny Lo1,*, Guang-Zhong Yang1,*, Frank Siegemund2,*
  • 1: Department of Computing, Imperial College London, UK.
  • 2: European Microsoft Innovation Center, EMIC, Aachen, Germany.
*Contact email: latallah@doc.ic.ac.uk, benlo@doc.ic.ac.uk, gzy@doc.ic.ac.uk, franksie@microsoft.com

Abstract

This paper presents an application of a service-based architecture to pervasive monitoring of the elderly using ambient and wearable sensors. The design consideration of the model addresses heterogeneous computing and network resource utilization, allowing inter-operability and supporting dynamic environments to achieve system wide resource optimization. An application of this architecture is presented for assessing the activities of daily living, which is the basis for pervasive sensing for elderly care.