The Smart Tele-emergency Project: a mobile telemedicine unit based on Mobile IPv6 and mobile ad-hoc network for Sabah areas

Author

Husni, E.M. ; Heryadi, Y. ; Arifianto, M.S.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng. & Inf. Technol., Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia

fYear

2004

fDate

5-6 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

246

Lastpage

250

Abstract

The paper proposes a mobile telemedicine system delivering medical health care services in Sabah areas under the Smart Tele-emergency Project. The system uses Mobile Internet Protocol version 6 (MIPv6) combined with a rapidly deployable network based on mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) and IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN (WLAN) technology. The primary objective of the Smart project is to create a prototype mobile telemedicine system, including hardware and software, that can be rapidly deployed in rural areas or in disaster conditions where telecommunication infrastructures are lacking or destroyed. We propose the integration of MIPv6, MANET and WLAN to provide telemedicine. This project is currently under refinement for simulation and implementation. The project is funded by IRPA (RM 445,000.00) for three years.

Keywords

IP networks; ad hoc networks; emergency services; health care; mobile radio; protocols; telemedicine; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11 WLAN; IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN; MANET; MIPv6; Malaysia; Mobile IPv6; Mobile Internet Protocol version 6; Smart Tele-emergency Project; disaster conditions; medical health care; mobile ad-hoc network; mobile telemedicine unit; rural areas; Ad hoc networks; Biomedical imaging; IP networks; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Medical simulation; Mobile ad hoc networks; Switches; Telemedicine; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RF and Microwave Conference, 2004. RFM 2004. Proceedings

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8671-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFM.2004.1411118

Filename

1411118