Study upon the disturbing potential of TETRA electromagnetic traffic

Author

Ursache, Silviu ; Paulet, Marius ; Salceanu, Andrei ; Luca, Catalina

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Meas. & Mater., Tech. Univ. of Iasi, Iasi, Romania

fYear

2014

fDate

16-18 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

433

Lastpage

436

Abstract

We have focused on possible disturbances produced in the Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) band 380-460 MHz, by the commonly encountered walkie-talkie transceivers. In this paper we want principally to present our measurements, evaluations and recommendations regarding the influence of TETRA communication systems upon sensitive medical equipment, mainly four specific parameter of a mechanical ventilator: the inspiratory volume, the expiratory volume, the inspiratory pressure and finally the expiratory pressure. There were measured the values of the field strength associated with the TETRA traffic and in the same time, there were controlled, respecting a strict protocol, the alterations of the set parameters.

Keywords

radio transceivers; telecommunication traffic; TETRA communication systems; TETRA electromagnetic traffic; expiratory pressure; expiratory volume; frequency 380 MHz to 460 MHz; inspiratory pressure; inspiratory volume; mechanical ventilator; medical equipment; terrestrial trunked radio band; walkie-talkie transceivers; Base stations; Downlink; Electromagnetic interference; Electromagnetics; Hospitals; Mobile communication; Uplink; TETRA system; electromagnetic disturbance; mechanical ventilator;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Power Engineering (EPE), 2014 International Conference and Exposition on

Conference_Location

Iasi

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEPE.2014.6969944

Filename

6969944