Title :
Modelling issues of wireless LANs for accident and emergency departments
Author :
Banitsas, Konstantinos A. ; Istepanian, Robert S H ; Tachakra, Sapal ; Owens, Thomas J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Brunel Univ., Uxbridge, UK
Abstract :
The paper provides an overview of the application scenarios and modelling issues of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) in hospital and clinical ward environments and presents the concept of MedLAN system, dedicated to these environments. Furthermore, it discusses the potential problems when implementing such systems.
Keywords :
modelling; reviews; telemedicine; wireless LAN; MedLAN system; accident & emergency departments; clinical ward environments; hospital environments; modelling issues; potential problems; systems implementation; wireless LANs; wireless local area networks; Access protocols; Accidents; Buildings; Computer networks; Hospitals; Local area networks; Mobile computing; Portable computers; Roaming; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7211-5
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1019596
