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Wireless body sensor networks (BSNs) possess enormous potential for changing people’s daily lives. They can enhance many human-centered application domains such as m-Health, sport and wellness, and human-centered applications that involve physical/virtual social interactions. However, there are still challenging issues that limit their wide diffusion in real life: primarily, the programming complexity...
Spatially distributed sensor nodes can be used to monitor systems and humans conditions in a wide range of application domains. A network of body sensors in a community of people generates large amounts of contextual data that requires a scalable approach for storage and processing. Cloud computing can provide a powerful, scalable storage and processing infrastructure to perform both online and offline...
In this paper we propose an agent-based approach for the integration of building networks (BNs) and body sensor networks (BSNs). Such an integration has the potential to enable a novel set of smart environments for ambient assisted livings further enhancing the concept of smart buildings. Specifically, inhabitants of buildings who are equipped with a BSN can expose their real and virtual sensed data...
In this paper we propose reference architectures and SPINE-based middleware for Collaborative Body Sensor Networks (CBSNs) that can enable new smart wearable systems in the context of physical pervasive computing environments. CBSNs are wireless BSNs that are able to cooperate to support a common goal. Cooperation is therefore based on interaction among the CBSNs and distributed computation across...
The aim of this paper is to propose the wireless body sensor networks (WBSNs) as an enabling technology for a rich variety of application domains, from e-Health to e-Factory. In particular, the paper will describe reference network architectures, effective programming frameworks and novel applications in important application domains for WBSNs. Finally, a WBSN-based system in the e-Health application...
Non invasive and continuous measurement of blood pressure can enable an effective 24/7 monitoring of hypertensive patients to timely prevent cardiovascular problems and precisely regulate anti-hypertension cures. Unfortunately, to date, blood pressure can be only measured through either cuff-based or invasive instruments that cannot be continuously used due to their characteristics. This paper proposes...
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