Author_Institution :
Huawei Technol., Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract :
The number of wearable wireless sensors is expected to grow to 400 million by the year 2014, while the number of operational mobile subscribers has already passed the 5.2 billion mark in 2011. This growth results in an increasing number of mobile applications including: Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, Electronic-Health (eHealth), and Mobile-Health (mHealth). A number of emerging mobile applications that require 3G and 4G mobile networks for data transport relate to telemedicine, including establishing, maintaining, and transmitting health-related information, research, education, and training. This review paper takes a closer look at these applications, specifically with regard to the healthcare industry and their underlying link technologies. The authors believe that the BlackBerry platform and the associated infrastructure (i.e., BlackBerry Enterprise Server) is a logical and practical solution for eHealth, mHealth, sensor and M2M deployments, which are considered in this paper.
Keywords :
3G mobile communication; 4G mobile communication; reviews; smart phones; telemedicine; 3G mobile networks; 4G mobile networks; BlackBerry mobile health; electronic health; healthcare; link technologies; machine-to-machine communications; mobile health; telemedicine; wearable wireless sensors; Communication system security; Medical services; Monitoring; Security; Sensors; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; BlackBerry; Bluetooth; Bluetooth low energy (BT-LE); ZigBee; eHealth; end-to-end; mHealth; mobile systems; security; sensor; Cellular Phone; Computer Communication Networks; Computer Security; Humans; Medical Informatics; Microcomputers; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Software; Telemedicine; Telemetry;
