3GPP Long Term Evolution and its application for healthcare services

Author

Zain, A.S.M. ; Yahya, Abid ; Malek, M.F.A. ; Omar, Normaliza

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. & Commun. Eng., Univ. Malaysia Perlis, Kangar, Malaysia

fYear

2012

fDate

3-5 July 2012

Firstpage

239

Lastpage

243

Abstract

The current growth of mobile data usage and emergence of new applications have greatly motivated the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) to work on Long Term Evolution (LTE). LTE is the most recent standard in the mobile network technology to be developed based on GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA network technologies with the aim of optimizing the capacity and speed of 3G mobile communication networks. In this chapter, the structures and features of fourth generation (4G) LTE are investigated at the early stages of telemedical research. The paper also provides a comparison of WiMAX and LTE standards on various aspects, as well as the potential of technology in healthcare applications. A survey on telemedicine services using traditional wireless system is presented. Finally, issues and challenges of wireless technologies in healthcare applications and services are deliberated.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; 4G mobile communication; Long Term Evolution; WiMax; cellular radio; telemedicine; 3G mobile communication network; 3GPP; EDGE; GSM; HSPA; LTE standard; Long Term Evolution; Third Generation Partnership Project; UMTS; WiMAX standard; fourth generation LTE; healthcare services; mobile data usage; telemedical research; Communication system security; Medical services; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Telemedicine; WiMAX; LTE; OFDMA; healthcare; mobile communication; telemedicine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0478-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCCE.2012.6271187

Filename

6271187