Context management: toward assessing quality of context parameters in a ubiquitous ambient assisted living environment

Débora Cabral Nazário, Mário Antônio Ribeiro Dantas, José Leomar Todesco

Abstract


This paper provides an approach to assessing Quality of Context (QoC) parameters in a ubiquitous Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) environment. Initially, the study presents a literature review on QoC, generating taxonomy. Then it introduces the context management architecture used. The proposal is verified with the Siafu simulator in an AAL scenario where the user’s health is monitored with information about blood pressure, heart rate and body temperature. Considering some parameters, the proposed QoC assessment allows verifying the extent to which the context information is up-to-date, valid, accurate, complete and significant. The implementation of this proposal might mean a big social impact and a technological innovation applied to AAL, at the disposal and support of a significant number of individuals such as elderly or sick people, and with a more precise technology.

Keywords


Quality of Context; Ubiquitous Computing; Ambient Assisted Living; Health; Technological Innovation.

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