Agile framework for rapid deployment in ambient assisted living environments

Abstract

A Rapid deployment solution, which enables to discover surrounding context and construct the semantic knowledge, is a major enabler for large scale deployment of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL)1 solutions in aging people environments. Therefore, we built UbiSMART framework, an AAL ontology/web solution based on a shared cloud-based semantic reasoner, to enable easy and quick deployment of hardware and software component. UbiSMART uses two ontologies: 1) a generic ontology (abstract model) that contains the shared properties and 2) a specific ontology (instance model) that contains the details of each end-user environment. UbiSMART is complemented by a simple and user-friendly services to populate and modify the instance model. This solution does not need any prior knowledge of the system or technical expertise. In this paper, we present the description of our approach, the technical design, and its implementation. We also detail the validation in real scenarios and the obtained results, as well as the lessons learned and the future perspectives.