Integration of smart home technologies in a health monitoring system for the elderly

Proceedings - 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops/Symposia, AINAW'07

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 820-825

  Arcelus, Amaya ^a   Goubran, Rafik ^a   Jones, Megan Howell ^a   Knoefel, Frank ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM; INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLE; TECHNOLOGY ASSISTED FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT FOR THE THIRD AGE (TAFETA);

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SENSOR NETWORKS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS;

EID: 35248854545     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AINAW.2007.209     Document Type: Conference Paper

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