DocumentCode
1979895
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
Volume
4
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
3540
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
ISSN
1094-687X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7211-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1019596
Filename
1019596
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