Title :
Emerging heterogeneous optical wireless access networks for next generation telemedicine and telehealth applications
Author :
Chang, Gee-Kung ; Long, Joseph ; Fan, Shu-Hao ; Liu, Cheng ; Chowdhury, Arshad ; Chien, Hung-Chang ; Khire, Sourabh ; Jayant, Nikil
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
We propose a converged optical wireless access architecture using radio-over-fiber technology to deliver medical data and images independent of data bit rates, formats, and protocols. We have transported real-time, uncompressed telepathology images over 25-km fiber.
Keywords :
next generation networks; optical fibre subscriber loops; radio-over-fibre; telemedicine; data bit rates; distance 25 km; heterogeneous optical wireless access networks; next generation telehealth services; next generation telemedicine; protocols; radio-over-fiber technology; uncompressed telepathology images; 3G mobile communication; Biomedical optical imaging; Cameras; GSM; Optical imaging; Optical transmitters; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2011 16th
Conference_Location :
Kaohsiung
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-288-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-986-02-8974-9
