IEC TS 63134-2022 PDF

Full title and description

IEC TS 63134:2020/A1:2022 — Active assisted living (AAL) use cases. This Technical Specification documents real-world AAL scenarios and use cases, identifies user requirements and highlights potential areas for standardization to support safety, security, privacy, usability, performance and interoperability in AAL environments.

Abstract

IEC TS 63134 collects and describes Active Assisted Living (AAL) use cases drawn from practical deployments and stakeholder needs. The use cases provide context for applying existing standards, for identifying gaps where new standardization is needed, and for informing interoperability, safety and privacy considerations across devices and services in AAL ecosystems. The document contributes these use cases to the IEC use-case repository for maintenance and analysis.

General information

• Status: Published / Current (technical specification with amendment incorporated; listed as valid in national catalogues).
• Publication date: Consolidated publication incorporating Amendment 1: 1 December 2022.
• Publisher: International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), SyC AAL (Active Assisted Living) as responsible committee.
• ICS / categories: 11.020; 11.020.99; 11.180 (medical sciences / health care facilities; aids for disabled persons).
• Edition / version: Consolidated edition 1.1 (IEC TS 63134:2020 + Amendment 1:2022).
• Number of pages: Consolidated CSV edition (ed.1.1) 238 pages. (The standalone Amendment 1 document is 9 pages; the original 2020 TS edition lists about 113 pages.)

Scope

The scope of IEC TS 63134 is to identify and describe AAL scenarios and use cases based on real-world applications and requirements, to provide a practical context for interoperability and standards considerations, to identify user requirements, and to highlight areas where further standardization work is recommended for safety, security, privacy, ease of operation, performance and interoperability in AAL. The work is intended to feed the IEC use-case repository for ongoing analysis.

Key topics and requirements

• Cataloguing of AAL scenarios and representative end‑to‑end use cases (daily living support, remote health monitoring, emergency response, social inclusion etc.).
• User requirements derived from real deployments to inform human-centred design and accessibility needs.
• Interoperability considerations: data exchange, interfaces, and integration of heterogeneous devices and services.
• Privacy, security and safety considerations tailored to AAL contexts.
• Functional and non-functional requirements that influence performance, reliability and ease of operation in assisted-living solutions.
• Identification of standardization gaps and recommendations for further IEC or multi‑domain work.

Typical use and users

Intended users include standards developers, product and systems engineers, solution architects, healthcare technology suppliers, service providers in assisted-living and telecare, researchers working on AAL, procurement and policy teams in health and social care, and test laboratories assessing interoperability and conformance. Practitioners use the use-case catalog to align product requirements and roadmap items with common AAL scenarios and to prioritize safety, privacy and interoperability work.

Related standards

IEC TS 63134 is complementary to other IEC, ISO and CEN standards addressing medical device interoperability, health informatics, assistive technologies, cybersecurity for medical/consumer devices, and human‑machine interaction. It is explicitly linked to the SyC AAL program of work and is intended to inform subsequent normative standards and implementation profiles in the AAL domain.

Keywords

Active Assisted Living, AAL, use cases, interoperability, assisted living, remote monitoring, assistive devices, user requirements, privacy, security, IEC SyC AAL.

FAQ

Q: What is this standard?

A: IEC TS 63134 is a Technical Specification that documents and organizes Active Assisted Living (AAL) use cases and related user requirements to support standardization work in AAL.

Q: What does it cover?

A: It covers descriptive AAL scenarios and use cases, identifies user and system requirements, highlights interoperability and safety/privacy considerations, and points to areas where further standardization is needed. It does not itself define prescriptive product requirements but informs such work.

Q: Who typically uses it?

A: Standards committees, product designers, system integrators, healthcare technology suppliers, researchers, procurement organizations and test labs working in assisted-living, telecare and health‑related ICT ecosystems.

Q: Is it current or superseded?

A: The consolidated edition incorporating Amendment 1 (ed.1.1) was published 1 December 2022 and is presented as the current consolidated technical specification; it amends the original 2020 TS. Users should check national and IEC repositories for any later revisions after that date.

Q: Is it part of a series?

A: IEC TS 63134 is part of the IEC SyC AAL body of work and is intended to feed other normative standardization activities; it sits alongside other IEC publications addressing health, assistive devices and interoperability topics.

Q: What are the key keywords?

A: Active Assisted Living (AAL), use cases, interoperability, assistive technology, user requirements, privacy, security, assisted‑living scenarios.