• DocumentCode
    2489949
  • Title

    Operational parameters of a medical wireless LAN: security, range and interference issues

  • Author

    Banitsas, Konstantinos A. ; Tachakra, Sapal ; Istepanian, Robert S H

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Brunel Univ., Uxbridge, UK
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    23-26 Oct. 2002
  • Firstpage
    1889
  • Abstract
    This paper provides an overview of the operational parameters of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) In hospital and clinical ward environments and presents the concept of MedLAN system, dedicated to these environments. It then deals with the issues of security, range and interference with an emphasis on the first one.
  • Keywords
    interference (signal); reviews; telecommunication security; telemedicine; wireless LAN; MedLAN system; clinical ward environments; hospital; medical wireless LAN; operational parameters; range; Authentication; Biomedical engineering; Computer hacking; Computer security; Data engineering; Hospitals; Interference; Portable computers; Systems engineering and theory; Wireless LAN;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint
  • ISSN
    1094-687X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7612-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053078
  • Filename
    1053078