Title :
A novel hybrid network for hospital environment incorporating IEEE802.16 and HomePlug AV standards
Author :
Wang, Peng ; Huo, Xufeng ; Markarian, Garik
Author_Institution :
Keyworth Inst., Univ. of Leeds, Leeds
Abstract :
In this article, a novel hybrid network architecture is proposed by incorporating the state-of-the art IEEE802.16 and HomePlug AV standard based systems. The proposed architecture allows overcoming limitations for using wireless devices and delivering nomadic broadband data communication services in hospital environment. Through the proposed Quality of Service (QoS) broker which jointly utilizes the QoS strategies in both the IEEE 802.16 and HomePlug AV systems, the end-to-end performance of simultaneous transmission of various types of medical data traffic such as patient´s video, diagnostic audio, electrocardiogram (ECG), and patient´s document files etc can be assured.
Keywords :
IEEE standards; WiMax; biomedical communication; quality of service; telecommunication standards; HomePlug AV standards; IEEE802.16 standards; QoS; hospital environment; medical data traffic; nomadic broadband data communication services; quality of service; wireless devices; Broadband communication; Buildings; Electrocardiography; Hospitals; Medical diagnostic imaging; Next generation networking; Programmable control; Quality of service; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; HomePlug AV; Hospital environment; Hybrid Broadband Network; IEEE802.16; Practical Results; QoS Broker;
Conference_Titel :
Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2008. ISPLC 2008. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Jeju city, Jeju Island
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1975-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1976-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISPLC.2008.4510438
