Title :
Hybrid network combining PLC and IEEE802.16 for hospital environment
Author :
Wang, Peng ; Marshell, Alison ; Noordin, Kamarul A. ; Huo, Xufeng ; Markarian, Garik
Author_Institution :
Keyworth Inst., Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Abstract :
This paper presents a novel hospital network which delivers broadband with Quality of Service (QoS) guaranteed by IEEE 802.16/WiMAX and Power Line Communication (PLC) systems. Through the utilization of the QoS features of IEEE 802.16 and PLC systems jointly, the proposed system enables simultaneous transmission of various types of medical data traffic while remaining the advantages of operation flexibility and low deployment cost. Performance is evaluated to demonstrate that the proposed network not only provides throughput guarantee, but also considers QoS requirement of the medical applications.
Keywords :
WiMax; biomedical communication; hospitals; quality of service; telecommunication traffic; telecommunication transmission lines; IEEE802.16; PLC; QoS; WiMAX; hospital environment; hybrid network; medical data traffic; quality of service; Biomedical equipment; Costs; Hospitals; Medical services; Power line communications; Programmable control; Quality of service; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; WiMAX; IEEE 802.16; Media Access Control (MAC); Power Line Communication (PLC); Quality of Service (QoS); WiMAX; eHealth; scheduling;
Conference_Titel :
Power Line Communications and Its Applications (ISPLC), 2010 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Rio de Janeiro
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5009-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5010-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISPLC.2010.5479883
