Emergency m-Health Services through High-Speed 3G Systems: Simulation and Performance Evaluation

Authors:
Demosthenes Vouyioukas;Ilias Maglogiannis;Dimitris Komnakos
Affiliations:
University of the Aegean Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering Karlovassi 83200 Samos, Greece;University of the Aegean Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering Karlovassi 83200 Samos, Greece;National Technical University of Athens School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mobile RadioCommunications Laboratory Zografou Athens, 15773, Gr ...
Venue:
Simulation
Year:
2007

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Abstract

The present paper studies the prospective and the performance of a forthcoming high-speed third-generation (3G) networking technology called High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) for delivering emergency m-health applications. The joint transmission of voice, real-time video, medical data such as electrocardiogram, vital signals, heart sound and file transfer is performed for both uplink and downlink. Various scenarios are involved in terms of emergency situations in random locations, where no other system but 3G is available. The accomplishment of quality of service (QoS) is explored through a step-by-step improvement of HSPA systems parameters, incorporating admission and congestion control elements and the use of prioritization for m-health services. HSPA managed to meet the requirements for emergency m-health scenarios and adequately served the generated load.