Complex network configuration for digital devices in the home is hard work for most home users, who are not familiar with network technologies. In this paper, we present our effort through a system called ICEbox to reduce the complexity and increase the usability of configuring such devices. The ICEbox, a special node on the home network, allows users to set up devices only with a simple pointi...

BACKGROUND To develop a quality community-based care management system, it is important to identify the actual use of long-term care insurance (LTCI) services and the most frequent combinations of services. It is also important to determine the factors associated with the use of such combinations. METHODS This study was conducted in 10 care management agencies in the urban area around Tokyo, ...

In this paper, to deliver healthcare service pervasively, especially to the home space, we first discuss the status and activities on healthcare infrastructures and systems using mobile devices and sensor networks. We also provide the information and illustrate the reasons why home healthcare will be even more hot space in the near future. With the advance of wireless network, mobile devices be...

Home automation is maturing with the increased deployment of networks and intelligent devices in the home. Along with new protocols and devices, new software services will emerge and work together releasing the full potential of networked consumer devices. Services may include home security, climate control or entertainment. With such extensive interworking the phenomenon known as service inter...

The advances in radio design and wireless networking, along with the growth of multimedia home entertainment technologies, is creating the concept of a cognitive digital home requiring spectrum coexistence of various devices and networks of networks. A framework for resource allocation in a Cognitive Digital Home (CDH) with a multiplicity o f radio access technologies (RAT) such as cognitive ra...

Wi-Fi-enabled portable devices have recently been introduced into the consumer electronics market. These devices download or upload content, from or to a host machine, such as a personal computer, a laptop, a home gateway, or a media server. This paper investigates the fairness among multiple Wi-Fi-enabled portable devices in a home network when they are simultaneously communicated with the hos...

Connected technology in the home is growing rapidly due to advances in modern electronics. The growth of broadband is being followed by an associated uptake in home networks. At present the enabling technology tends to be visible and distinct (PCs, multimedia systems, Televisions, screens, etc). In the future, we predict the home will incorporate embedded systems and even greater networked-enab...