Title :
Resources Variability in m-Health Services: An Adaptive Method for QoS Control
Author :
Martinez, I. ; Garcia, J. ; Viruete, E.A.
Author_Institution :
Univ. Zaragoza, Zaragoza
Abstract :
The analysis of new e-health services in mobile environments (m-Health services) where resources are usually limited and network conditions are continuously changing, require a specific technical evaluation in order to guarantee Quality of Service (QoS). This work quantifies QoS levels depending on available resources and proposes a methodology for selecting which simultaneous telemedicine applications fulfill a set of predefined requirements. The results obtained permit to develop adaptive mechanisms and strategies for selecting the best combinations of services and application codecs according to the varying network resources.
Keywords :
health care; mobile communication; quality of service; telemedicine; QoS control; adaptive mechanism; codecs; e-health service; m-health system; mobile environment; mobile telemedicine; quality of service guarantee; telemedicine; 3G mobile communication; Adaptive control; Analytical models; Biomedical imaging; Hospitals; Medical diagnostic imaging; Programmable control; Quality of service; Telemedicine; Videoconference;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, 2008. CCNC 2008. 5th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1456-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1457-4
DOI :
10.1109/ccnc08.2007.193
