Performance analysis of multiplexed medical data transmission for mobile emergency care over the UMTS channel.

In this paper, a third-generation universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) solution for the delivery of biomedical information from an ambulance to a hospital is presented. The joint transmission of voice, real-time video, electrocardiogram signals, and medical scans in a realistic cellular...

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Published in:	IEEE Transactions on information technology in biomedicine 9, 1 (2005).
Main Author:	Gallego, J.R
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	QoS. UMTS channel. Ambulance. Biomedical information delivery. Cellular multiuser simulation environment. Electrocardiogram signals. Emergency care services. Medical scans. Mobile emergency care. Mobile telemedicine. Multimedia traffic. Multiplexed medical data transmission. Quality of service. Real-tune video. Third-generation universal mobile telecommunications system.