Unhooking medicine [wireless networking].

In summer 2000, the FCC allocated 14 MHz for the Wireless Medical Telemetry Service, or WMTS. The new service is broken into three bands: 608-6I4, 1395-1400, and 1429-1432 MHz. The old bands will become increasingly troublesome to use in medicine. The ruling is forcing medical device firms to come u...

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Veröffentlicht in:	IEEE spectrum 38, 1 (2001).
1. Verfasser:	Moore, S.K
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	English
Schlagworte:	1395 to 1400 MHz. 14 MHz. 1429 to 1432 MHz. 608 to 614 MHz. Wireless Medical Telemetry Service. Bedside wireless systems. Hospitals. Medical device firms. Patient data access. Patient-worn wireless systems. Personal digital assistant. Wireless networking. Wireless phone.