Towards a scalable infrastructure for Ambient assisted living

Extensive effort has been dedicated to the research and development of Ambient Assisted Living technologies. Specifically, sensor technologies are widely perceived as offering a foundation that enables behavior monitoring, and the categorization of Activities of Daily Living. Meanwhile, in the outdoors, GPS tracking has been harnessed in multiple health related applications. However, research in both domains - indoor and outdoor, tends to be insular. Thus, a critical need exists for a unified approach, both from a technological infrastructure perspective, and in terms of behavior classifier models that encompass indoor and outdoor activities. This paper considers the design of a test bed to enable such an integrated approach.