DocumentCode
3062675
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
fYear
2012
fDate
20-22 Nov. 2012
Firstpage
603
Lastpage
606
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR), 2012 20th
Conference_Location
Belgrade
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-2983-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/TELFOR.2012.6419282
Filename
6419282
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