DESNET: a SCPC-DAMA network in satellite telemedicine applications

Author

Arcidiacono, Pietro ; Capodieci, Paolo ; Garibbo, Alessandro ; Giarrizzo, Claudio ; Grasso, Romolo ; Raviola, Annamaria

Author_Institution

Marconi Mobile S.p.A. Genova, Italy

Volume

5

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

3015

Abstract

The paper presents an application of satellite communication dedicated to medical assistance of people living in hazardous social-environmental conditions. This objective has been fulfilled by a consortium between telecommunication firms and public research bodies, in co-operation with the Italian Defense Staff, by means of a telemedicine network, involving hospitals in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Romania and Italy. The network is a DAMA/PAMA (demand/permanent assignment multiple access) satellite network with VSAT class Earth stations, while telemedicine services are performed by means of a videoconference system that integrates satellite and terrestrial communication. A future development will be the creation of a telemedicine operating center, operative round the clock, for the promotion, maintenance and operative direction of the telemedicine services.

Keywords

VSAT networks; demand assigned multiple access; teleconferencing; telemedicine; Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; DAMA/PAMA; DESNET; Italy; Romania; SCPC-DAMA network; Sarajevo; VSAT class Earth stations; demand assignment multiple access; demand/permanent assignment multiple access; hazardous social-environmental conditions; hospitals; medical assistance; permanent assignment multiple access; satellite communication; satellite telemedicine applications; single channel per carrier network; telemedicine network; videoconference system; Artificial satellites; Hospitals; Intelligent networks; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical treatment; Satellite communication; Satellite ground stations; Space technology; Telemedicine; Videoconference;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 2002. ICC 2002. IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7400-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.2002.997393

Filename

997393