Abstract
Wireless communication in e-healthcare environments is a new and promising area, but there is no efficient wireless telemedicine system that can be used in a wide area network. This paper presents a wireless e-healthcare system that couples a UMTS 3G wireless network with a wireless local area network using UMTS-WLAN technology. The medical instruments collect the patient's medical data and send them to the medical centre through a UMTS-WLAN access point or through a WLAN-enabled UMTS user equipment point (i.e., UMTS cellular terminal). Patients can be almost anywhere and still receive real-time medical service. The simulation studies using OPNET show the performance of our wireless e-healthcare system.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 261-270 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | International Journal of Modelling and Simulation |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2006 |
Keywords
- E-HEALTHCARE
- OPNET
- UNITS
- UWLAN_AP
- UWLAN_UE
- WLAN
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Modeling and Simulation
- General Mathematics
- Mechanics of Materials
- General Engineering
- Hardware and Architecture
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering