ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4 Technologies in Ambient Assisted Living Applications
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Ambient assisted living environments are full of human attention demanding applications. The introduction of wireless solutions in the assisted living area brings convincing advantages in terms of staff burden reduction, observation reliability and treating measures response time. The paper identifies some typical application requirements. Applicability analysis of existing solutions is made. ZigBee with TCP/IP fusion initiative is considered as enabling point for ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4 integration into ambient assisted living environments.
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