Abstract The technology of Smart Homes (SH), as an instance of ambient assisted living
technologies, is designed to assist the homes' residents accomplishing their daily-living …

The emerging technology breakthrough of the Internet-of-Things (IoT) is expected to offer
promising solutions for food supply chain (FSC) and in-home healthcare (IHH), which may …

Recent advances in micromanufacturing technology have enabled the development of low-
cost, low-power, multifunctional sensor nodes for wireless communication. Diverse sensing …

Many researchers employ IEEE802. 15.4 as communication technology for wireless sensor
networks (WSNs). However, medium access control (MAC) layer requirements for …

Dementia refers to a group of chronic conditions that cause the permanent and gradual
cognitive decline. Therefore, a Person with Dementia (PwD) requires constant care from …

Locata is a new positioning technology developed by the Locata Corporation. At the
beginning of 2007, the Institute of Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy (IESSG) …

Fieldbus systems are well known in the industrial automation world. Due to the increasing
demand for scalability and capability of working in harsh environment, the use of wireless …

In the last few years, the availability of powerful personal computing devices, like
smartphones, has opened new scenarios to the so called “Body Area Network”(BAN), ie …

Wireless sensor networks are becoming more and more popular thanks to their advantages.
Despite compliance to a standard is often preferred, proprietary solutions can offer better …

Today, wireless sensor technology is based on monolithic transceivers that optimize cost but
have a rigid hardware architecture. In this paper, a new architecture for wireless sensors is …