Title :
NGL03-6: Applying Wireless DiffServ for QoS Provisioning in Mobile Emergency Telemedicine
Author :
Vergados, Dimitrios J. ; Vergados, Dimitrios D. ; Maglogiannis, Ilias
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Athens
fDate :
Nov. 27 2006-Dec. 1 2006
Abstract :
Medical broadband applications have attracted increased attention in the recent years. Also, the tremendous growth of wireless technologies has introduced the potential of continuous healthcare monitoring for mobile patients. The bandwidth requirements and the real-time nature of medical applications introduce the need for quality of service (QoS) provisioning in wireless broadband medical networks. Therefore, the use of Differentiated Services in Telemedicine forms a grand challenge. DiffServ may support a number of e-health applications with different traffic requirements, providing at the same time QoS guarantees. Resource Allocation in DiffServ for e-health application is inherently different in many aspects including the offered services, traffic requirements, propagation´s characteristics and network structure. This paper presents a novel DiffServ architecture for QoS provisioning in emergency Telemedicine.
Keywords :
DiffServ networks; broadband networks; emergency services; health care; patient monitoring; quality of service; resource allocation; telemedicine; QoS provisioning; e-health applications; healthcare monitoring; medical broadband application; mobile emergency telemedicine; mobile patients; quality of service; resource allocation; wireless DiffServ network; wireless broadband medical network; Bandwidth; Biomedical equipment; Biomedical monitoring; Diffserv networks; Medical services; Patient monitoring; Quality of service; Resource management; Telecommunication traffic; Telemedicine;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 2006. GLOBECOM '06. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0356-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1930-529X
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2006.260
