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UWB and mmWave Communication Techniques
and Systems for Healthcare
Nikola Rendevski and Dajana Cassioli
Abstract
Telemedicine has been around for decades, and some apparatuses are cur-
rently in operation in few hospitals. Relying on advanced wireless technologies,
which enable the use of pervasive communications for a variety of different applica-
tions, new-generation systems for healthcare become non-invasive, broadband and
mobile. High-data rate wireless systems allow users to share huge amounts of data
and multimedia content with other users or with service providers. Consequently,
the range of potential applications of healthcare assistance expands to include new
scenarios that involve very high data rate wireless transmissions like, for instance,
seamless exchange of multimedia content. In this chapter, a survey of new-generation
wireless communication techniques and systems based on ultra-wideband technol-
ogy and millimetre-waves radios is provided, with reference to the modern concepts
of patient-centric and hospital-centric application scenarios. The opportunities of-
fered by these two broadband wireless communications technologies beyond basic
data transfer are highlighted and discussed in the framework of the new application
scenarios that these technologies open.
Keywords
mmWave radios
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60-GHz communications
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UWB communications
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Wireless body area networks
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eHealth
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Healthcare communication systems
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Remote
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patient monitoring
Pervasive communications
Uncompressed video
Quality of
service
Introduction
Innovative data aggregation methods and applications gave a great boost to eHealth
services in the recent years such that the users (patients, doctors and formal/informal
caregivers) are able to communicate and exchange data as much as possible, any-
where and anytime. Current applications include remote patient monitoring (RPM),
ambient assisted living (especially for elderly people) and emergency interventions
D. Cassioli (
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N. Rendevski
Department of Information Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics,
University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio snc, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
e-mail: dajana.cassioli@univaq.it
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