Fog Computing for Personal Health Principles
Date Issued
2018-10-05
Author(s)
Dimitrievski, Ace
Goleva, Rossitza
Koceski, Saso
Abstract
Ambient Assisted Living (AAL)
environments rely on ambient sensing and
environment control to enable elderly people to
continue to live in their preferred environments.
Unlike smart homes where the target audience is
usually a family unit, AAL goal is to be able to interact
with care receivers and care providers. This provides
possibility in case of home based AAL, the care
recipient not to be under constant monitoring by the
care providers which reduces care costs and increases
care efficiency. Cloud paradigm and fog computing
fits well for this scenario as data from homes can be
aggregated and analyzed in a centralized location. An
interface for the care providers can be provided from
the cloud using web and mobile devices.
In this article, we describe principles for AAL based
on fog computing. The edge nodes process and detect
local activities of daily living (ADL) events, and have
direct control of the local environment. The fog nodes
further process and transmit data. The cloud is used
for data computation that requires greater resources.
environments rely on ambient sensing and
environment control to enable elderly people to
continue to live in their preferred environments.
Unlike smart homes where the target audience is
usually a family unit, AAL goal is to be able to interact
with care receivers and care providers. This provides
possibility in case of home based AAL, the care
recipient not to be under constant monitoring by the
care providers which reduces care costs and increases
care efficiency. Cloud paradigm and fog computing
fits well for this scenario as data from homes can be
aggregated and analyzed in a centralized location. An
interface for the care providers can be provided from
the cloud using web and mobile devices.
In this article, we describe principles for AAL based
on fog computing. The edge nodes process and detect
local activities of daily living (ADL) events, and have
direct control of the local environment. The fog nodes
further process and transmit data. The cloud is used
for data computation that requires greater resources.
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