Title :
MedCOM: a communication protocol to transmit physiologic data reliably over a modem connection
Author :
Van Oostrom, Johannes H. ; Courtemanche, Anthony J. ; Lampotang, Samsun
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Med., Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL, USA
fDate :
31 Oct-3 Nov 1996
Abstract :
The authors designed and developed a communication protocol (MedCOM) specifically designed to transmit physiologic data over modem connections. MedCOM uses data packets of variable length, a checksum, and a positive acknowledge algorithm for reliability. MedCOM was tested with data generated by the Loral/UF Human Patient Simulator over a telephone link between Gainesville, FL and Orlando, FL. Link interruption tests show that MedCOM is reliable and that it has the ability to resynchronize a connection when synchronization is lost
Keywords :
biomedical telemetry; data communication; medical computing; protocols; telephony; Gainesville; MedCOM; Orlando; checksum; communication protocol; connection resynchronization; link interruption tests; lost synchronization; modem connection; positive acknowledge algorithm; reliable physiologic data transmission; telephone link; variable length data packets; Back; Biomedical monitoring; Data security; Humans; Modems; Patient monitoring; Protocols; Telemedicine; Telephony; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3811-1
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1996.656949
