Title :
Uninterrupted data transmission over GSM and application to health services
Author :
Grecas, C.F. ; Venieris, I.S. ; Koutsouris, D.-D.
Author_Institution :
Electr. Comput. Eng. Dept., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece
Abstract :
This paper seeks to evaluate the sufficiency of the GSM radio functionality in supporting the case of patient´s data transmission from a moving ambulance. Employing the TCP/IP and the UDP/IP protocol duos, repeated transmissions of a file are carried out. The reliability of the data coding used by the GSM is examined whilst the stability of the connections realized in the GSM air environment is investigated. Finally, suggestions are made and solutions are proposed in order that disconnections, due to radio link blackouts, to be avoided
Keywords :
cellular radio; data communication; health care; transport protocols; GSM; TCP/IP; UDP/IP protocol; connections stability; data coding reliability; file transmission; health services; moving ambulance; patient data transmission; radio link blackouts; uninterrupted data transmission; Area measurement; Bit rate; Circuit stability; Data communication; GSM; Portable computers; Radio link; Read-write memory; Switching circuits; TCPIP;
Conference_Titel :
Electrotechnical Conference, 2000. MELECON 2000. 10th Mediterranean
Conference_Location :
Lemesos
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6290-X
DOI :
10.1109/MELCON.2000.880459
