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Ambient assisted living and enhanced living environments : principles, technologies and control /

Ambient Assisted Living and Enhanced Living Environments: Principles, Technologies and Control separates the theoretical concepts concerning the design of such systems from their real-world implementations. For each important topic, the book bridges theory and practice, introducing the instruments n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dobre, Ciprian (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, United Kingdom : Butterworth-Heinemann, [2017]
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Ambient Assisted Living and Enhanced Living Environments; Copyright; Dedications; Contents; Contributors; Biographies; Preface; Introduction; The Overall Objective of the Book; Organization of the book; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Acronyms; 1 Introduction to the AAL and ELE Systems; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 AAL/ELE Systems and Applications; 1.3 A Vision for Ambient Assisted Living; 1.4 Challenges and Research Opportunities; 1.5 Conclusions; References; 2 Implanted Wireless Body Area Networks: Energy Management, Specific Absorption Rate and Safety Aspects.
  • 2.1 Introduction to WBAN2.1.1 Overview; 2.1.2 Background; 2.2 Applications of WBAN; 2.3 Use of Ultra Wideband (UWB) in WBAN Applications; 2.3.1 Technology; 2.3.2 Effects of IR-UWB on Human Body; 2.4 Design of Implanted Sensor Nodes; 2.4.1 Components of Sensor Node; 2.4.2 Design Challenges; 2.5 Implant Power Constraints and Battery Considerations; 2.5.1 Energy Harvesting; 2.6 Energy Management; 2.6.1 Issues; 2.6.2 Solutions; 2.7 Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) and Safety Aspects; 2.8 Energy Efficient Routing in WBAN; 2.8.1 How BAN Routing Is Different from Conventional Routing Algorithm.
  • 2.8.2 Challenges in Designing Energy Efficient Routing Algorithm for WBAN2.9 Adaptive Thermal-Aware Energy Efficient Routing; 2.9.1 WBAN Routing Constraints; 2.9.2 Issues with Adaptive Thermal Aware Routing Protocols; 2.10 Conclusion; References; 3 Energy Efficient Communication in Ambient Assisted Living; 3.1 Introduction/Motivation; 3.2 Background and Related Work; 3.2.1 Energy Efficient Architectures; 3.2.2 Energy Efficient Protocols; 3.3 Problem Description; 3.4 Experimental Results; 3.4.1 Simulation Setup; 3.4.2 Simulation Results and Discussion; 3.5 Summary; Acknowledgement.
  • 5.2.2 Closed Loop Healthcare as Typical AAL/ELE Application5.3 Communication Services to Support AAL/ELE Infrastructure; 5.4 Requirements of AAL/ELE Applications; Requirement 1 (SLA): AAL/ELE Need Dedicated Service Level Agreements (SLA) Between Actors and Network Service Provider; Requirement 2 (Costs): Low Upfront Infrastructure Investments for the User's Premises Equipment; Requirement 3 (Usability): Intuitive User Interfaces, Enhanced Usability Due to Self-* Capabilities and Easy Operation/Configuration of the Service.