5G enabled Mobile Operating Hospital and Emergency Care Service
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Date
2021-04
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IEEE
Abstract
Critical care has frequently been fatal for trauma
patients suffering from hemorrhage. The pre-hospital communication gap between the paramedics and the doctors contributes
most towards this. This paper discusses a system model of
a 5G-enabled communication architecture among the major
trauma centres in the Greater Manchester. An Internet of sensors
acquires and wirelessly communicates biosignals from the patient
in real time, using 5G. These signals are then displayed as
parameters to the closest trauma care management centres.
This paper proposes a connectivity model that supports such
a system by assessing and identifying the most optimal path for
signal transmittance. A system-level 5G network modelling and
simulation findings reveal that a signal-to-noise ratio of over 2dB
is achieved for two base stations between the incident site and the
nearest emergency medical centre. This value decreases by over 5
dB as the number of base station doubles. Hence, reconfigurable
5G base stations connectivity subsystems are required for critical
vertical use cases of the radio standard.
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pre-hospital care, IoT, 5G network, communication, RF connectivity, modeling, simulation