On the Use of Wireless Network Technologies in Healthcare Environments | NIST
Nicolas Chevrollier, Nada Golmie · 2005
In this article, we investigate the suitability of wireless technologies in healthcare/hospital environments. We focus on Wireless Personal Area Network technologies, namely, Bluetooth and the low-rate specifications described in the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. We evaluate the relevance of each technology for supporting medical applications and examine related scalability issues. Moreover, we consider heterogeneous wireless technology environments and quantify the interaction between Bluetooth devices and IEEE 802.15.4 devices when they operate in the same environment.