Wireless sensor networks supporting context-aware reasoning in assisted living

  • Authors:
  • Alessandra Mileo;Davide Merico;Roberto Bisiani

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan MI, Italy;University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan MI, Italy;University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan MI, Italy

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 1st international conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

The large increase in aging population implies that automatic home monitoring will represent a major challenge for the near future. In this paper we describe an "intelligent" home environment in which modern Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) technologies allow constant monitoring of a patient in a context-aware setting. Data collected and manipulated by the WSN support reasoning aimed at understanding the evolution of patient's health state and home environment, even when a limited number of unobtrusive, heterogeneous sensors is available.