The IRMA Community
Newsletters
Research IRM
Click a keyword to search titles using our InfoSci-OnDemand powered search:
|
Employing Opportunistic Networks in Dementia Patient Monitoring
Abstract
By 2050, 135.5 million people will suffer from dementia worldwide. Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) technologies can help dementia patients enjoy an independent life. In particular, communication is vital to any AAL system. Opportunistic networking uses low-cost wearable devices to exchange packets at a close range in cases where there is limited or no infrastructure. In this chapter, the authors propose and describe an autonomous patient monitoring support system based on opportunistic communication. The monitored patient wears non-intrusive sensors, computing devices and actuators, forming a Body Area Network (BAN). The BAN can provide memory impairment support services for the patient and is used to construct personalized condition-monitoring patient models to evaluate against a set of potential life-threatening events. The authors present two data transfer algorithms and show that they are able to offer good hit rates while decreasing congestion and overhead when compared to other existing solutions.
Related Content
|
.
© 2024.
27 pages.
|
|
.
© 2024.
10 pages.
|
|
.
© 2024.
13 pages.
|
|
.
© 2024.
6 pages.
|
|
.
© 2024.
23 pages.
|
|
.
© 2024.
14 pages.
|
|
.
© 2024.
7 pages.
|
|
|