Abstract:
Part of designing any system requires the
development of an architecture on which the system
and subsequent implementations are based. The
architecture will vary depending on the requirements.
For a healthcare monitoring application the
researchers developed a four-tiered architecture that
consists of the following layers: user interface,
process management, database and sensor network. In
this paper, the authors present their layered
architecture for remote healthcare monitoring of aged
and infirm persons and illustrate its advantages by
describing their latest prototype which is called
MoteCare. They also discuss the direction the
researchers intend to take for the development of their
fourth prototype, paying particular attention to the use
of open source databases, the issue of security in the
development of mote sensor networks (MSN) and the
advantages of linking such systems with wireless
broadband to enable potential users to achieve more
mobility options.
