Abstract
Telecommunications and information technology rapidly migrate towards the Future Internet (FI) era, which is characterized by powerful and complex network infrastructures, advanced applications, services and content, efficient power management as well as extensions in the business model. One of the main application areas that find prosper ground in the FI era, is medicine. In particular, latest advances in medical sciences are reflected on their capability to approach previously past-cure diseases, as well as to prevent the appearance and evolution of unpleasant situations. Those advances are often derived from interdisciplinary solutions to complex medical problems, supported by communications and electronics, which target fast, reliable and stable solutions to problems that are demanding in terms of velocity and accuracy. The goal of this paper is to present intelligent, knowledge-based management functionality capable of supporting emergency medical applications. An indicative emergency medical scenario is provided, along with extensive simulation results using the Network Simulator-2 (NS-2), for evaluating the performance of the proposed functionality.
Highlights
Over the last years, information and communication technology (ICT) have been lying at the forefront of international research and development efforts, aiming at the provision of innovative services and applications, tailored to user needs [1,2]
The goal of this paper is to present intelligent, knowledge-based management functionality capable of supporting emergency medical applications
The focus of this paper was the investigation of the potential contribution of cognitive wireless networks operating in the Future Internet (FI) era, aiming at the enhancement of the efficiency and dependability of medical applications
Summary
Information and communication technology (ICT) have been lying at the forefront of international research and development efforts, aiming at the provision of innovative services and applications, tailored to user needs [1,2]. An area of applications where telecommunications and information technology find prosper ground in the FI era, is medicine This is justified from the fact that the world of medical sciences has been undergoing an unparalleled evolution during the last years, this being reflected on the continuous development and enhancement of various solutions to medical problems. The unstoppable development of ehealth products and applications can significantly improve the right of access to quality medicine, regardless of their personal condition and geographical location, allowing the selection of the appropriate health resource from anywhere at any time [8,9,10,11]. This is especially applicable in emergency situations, where timely retrieval of the necessary information might be of extreme importance
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