1st International ICST Workshop on Connected Health: Using IT to Integrate the HealthCare Enterprise

Research Article

Analysis and Measurement of a Wireless Telemedicine System

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361690,
        author={Eduardo A. Viruete  Navarro and Jos\^{e} Ruiz  Mas and Juli\^{a}n  Fern\^{a}ndez Navajas},
        title={Analysis and Measurement of a Wireless Telemedicine System},
        proceedings={1st International ICST Workshop on Connected Health: Using IT to Integrate the HealthCare Enterprise},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={CONNECTINGHEALTH},
        year={2007},
        month={5},
        keywords={3G IPv6 m-Health Real-Time Telemedicine},
        doi={10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361690}
    }
    
  • Eduardo A. Viruete Navarro
    José Ruiz Mas
    Julián Fernández Navajas
    Year: 2007
    Analysis and Measurement of a Wireless Telemedicine System
    CONNECTINGHEALTH
    ICST
    DOI: 10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361690
Eduardo A. Viruete Navarro1,*, José Ruiz Mas1,*, Julián Fernández Navajas1,*
  • 1: Communication Technologies Group (GTC) – Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (I3A) University of Zaragoza, Spain
*Contact email: eviruete@unizar.es, jruiz@unizar.es, navajas@unizar.es

Abstract

The analysis and measurement of a multicollaborative wireless telemedicine system operating over third generation (3G) mobile networks is presented. It is designed to communicate the personnel of an ambulance with medical specialists in a remote hospital through a Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) mobile access. The system architecture is based on advanced signalling protocols that allow multimedia multi-collaborative conferences in IPv4/IPv6 3G scenarios. The system offers real-time transmission of medical data and videoconference, together with other non real-time services. It has been optimized specifically to operate over 3G mobile networks using the most appropriate codecs. Measurements show a reliable performance over IPv4 UMTS accesses (64 Kbps in the uplink) and also allow to dimension certain system parameters in order to improve the quality of the services offered