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. 2008:2008:459185.
doi: 10.1155/2008/459185.

Ubiquitous computing for remote cardiac patient monitoring: a survey

Sunil Kumar  1 , Kashyap Kambhatla, Fei Hu, Mark Lifson, Yang Xiao
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Ubiquitous computing for remote cardiac patient monitoring: a survey

Sunil Kumar et al. Int J Telemed Appl. 2008.

Abstract

New wireless technologies, such as wireless LAN and sensor networks, for telecardiology purposes give new possibilities for monitoring vital parameters with wearable biomedical sensors, and give patients the freedom to be mobile and still be under continuous monitoring and thereby better quality of patient care. This paper will detail the architecture and quality-of-service (QoS) characteristics in integrated wireless telecardiology platforms. It will also discuss the current promising hardware/software platforms for wireless cardiac monitoring. The design methodology and challenges are provided for realistic implementation.

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Ubiquitous monitoring of patients using xG networking.
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Unpredictable xG network over which the data has to be reliably sent to the remote health provider.
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