• DocumentCode
    552100
  • Title

    Emerging heterogeneous optical wireless access networks for next generation telemedicine and telehealth applications

  • Author

    Chang, Gee-Kung ; Long, Joseph ; Fan, Shu-Hao ; Liu, Cheng ; Chowdhury, Arshad ; Chien, Hung-Chang ; Khire, Sourabh ; Jayant, Nikil

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    4-8 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    381
  • Lastpage
    382
  • Abstract
    We propose a converged optical wireless access architecture using radio-over-fiber technology to deliver medical data and images independent of data bit rates, formats, and protocols. We have transported real-time, uncompressed telepathology images over 25-km fiber.
  • Keywords
    next generation networks; optical fibre subscriber loops; radio-over-fibre; telemedicine; data bit rates; distance 25 km; heterogeneous optical wireless access networks; next generation telehealth services; next generation telemedicine; protocols; radio-over-fiber technology; uncompressed telepathology images; 3G mobile communication; Biomedical optical imaging; Cameras; GSM; Optical imaging; Optical transmitters; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2011 16th
  • Conference_Location
    Kaohsiung
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-288-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-986-02-8974-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6015176