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The GAL monitoring concept for distributed aal platforms


Abstract:

In most of today's healthcare and AAL scenarios a multitude of data is recorded by different sensors for various purposes. By definition, this data is mostly personal and...Show More

Abstract:

In most of today's healthcare and AAL scenarios a multitude of data is recorded by different sensors for various purposes. By definition, this data is mostly personal and can be assigned to certain persons, which again makes it interesting for shady data miners, hackers, or even health insurance companies. Thus, this data needs special care regarding privacy and security. On the other hand, if the systems are spread over a larger area, a remote access to such systems is essential for the operator. At least a basic system monitoring should be possible and backups to a distant location are beneficial if the distributed systems fail. In this paper we provide concepts and solutions how in distributed installations of personal AAL platforms privacy and security can be preserved, while remote backup and restore functionality and remote system monitoring can be provided.
Date of Conference: 10-13 October 2012
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 13 December 2012
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Conference Location: Beijing, China

I. Introduction

A huge amount of personal data is generated in Ambient Assistant Living (AAL) and healthcare applications. Many different supporting techniques rely on data gathered from many different sensors for various purposes. E.g., while most fall detection algorithms [1] only base on data from the past few seconds, a fall risk assessment [2] may need data from a longer period of time, and when performing Activity of Daily Living (ADL) monitoring [3] nearly everything has to be stored for further processing and analyses.

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