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Ambient Assisted Living (AAL): Sensors, Architectures and Applications 2019

A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Sensors".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2020) | Viewed by 6219

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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Interests: intelligent agents; model-driven engineering; accessibility; e-learning; social agent-based simulation; ambient intelligence; bioinformatics; complex collaborative systems; social aspects

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Ambient assisted living (AAL) pursues developing concepts, products, and services combining new technologies and the social environment, bringing improvements in people’s quality of life. The field has been gaining momentum over the last few years with the increasing demand of wellbeing and autonomy in all periods of life.

As research and technology support more complex systems, including sensors, actuators, networks, and intelligent data processing, possibilities of action grow, but also concerns on how to integrate these systems in people’ lives in seamless, unobtrusive, respectful and acceptable ways.

This Special Issue aims to highlight advances in the design, development, testing, and modeling of AAL systems, including the interleaving and mutual influences between its technological and social aspects.

Topics include but are not limited to:

  • Personal monitoring
  • Assistance systems
  • Independent living
  • E-inclusion
  • Healthcare IT
  • Co-design
  • Smart solution
  • Ambient networks
  • Event recognition
  • Ambient assisted living

Dr. Rubén Fuentes-Fernández
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Design
  • Architecture
  • Interoperability
  • Participatory development
  • Responsible research and innovation
  • Aging
  • Functional diversity
  • Chronic condition
  • People’s autonomy
  • Quality of life
  • Learning
  • Smart
  • Usability
  • Security
  • Privacy
  • Trust

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UWB/BLE Tracking System for Elderly People Monitoring
by Jerzy Kolakowski, Vitomir Djaja-Josko, Marcin Kolakowski and Katarzyna Broczek
Sensors 2020, 20(6), 1574; https://doi.org/10.3390/s20061574 - 12 Mar 2020
Cited by 35 | Viewed by 5835
Abstract
Localization systems are the source of data that allows to evaluate elderly person’s behaviour, to draw conclusions concerning his or her health status and wellbeing, and to detect emergency situations. The article contains a description of a system intended for elderly people tracking. [...] Read more.
Localization systems are the source of data that allows to evaluate elderly person’s behaviour, to draw conclusions concerning his or her health status and wellbeing, and to detect emergency situations. The article contains a description of a system intended for elderly people tracking. Two novel solutions have been implemented in the system: a hybrid localization algorithm and a method for wireless anchor nodes synchronization. The algorithm fuses results of time difference of arrival and received signal strength measurements in ultrawideband (UWB) and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio interfaces, respectively. The system allows to change the intensity of UWB packets transmission to adapt localization accuracy and energy usage to current needs and applications. In order to simplify the system installation, communication between elements of the system infrastructure instead of wire interfaces is performed over wireless ones. The new wireless synchronization method proposed in the article consists in retransmission of UWB synchronization packets by selected anchor nodes. It allows for extension of the system coverage, which is limited by the short range of UWB transmission. The proposed solution was experimentally verified. The synchronization method was tested in a laboratory, and the whole system’s performance was investigated in a typical flat. Exemplary results of the tests performed with older adult participation in their own homes are also included. Full article
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