Communication Requirements in 5G-Enabled Healthcare Applications: Review and Considerations

Qureshi, Haneya Naeem; Manalastas, Marvin; Ijaz, Aneeqa; Imran, Ali; Liu, Yongkang; Al Kalaa, Mohamad Omar

doi:10.3390/healthcare10020293

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Communication Requirements in 5G-Enabled Healthcare Applications: Review and Considerations

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Haneya Naeem Qureshi

^1,2,*,

Marvin Manalastas

^1,2

,

Aneeqa Ijaz

²,

Ali Imran

²,

Yongkang Liu

¹ and

Mohamad Omar Al Kalaa

¹

Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20993, USA

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AI4Networks Research Center, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK 74135, USA

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Healthcare 2022, 10(2), 293; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10020293

Submission received: 21 October 2021 / Revised: 13 January 2022 / Accepted: 14 January 2022 / Published: 2 February 2022

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cybersecurity and the Digital Health: An Investigation on the State of the Art and the Position of the Actors)

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Fifth generation (5G) mobile communication technology can enable novel healthcare applications and augment existing ones. However, 5G-enabled healthcare applications demand diverse technical requirements for radio communication. Knowledge of these requirements is important for developers, network providers, and regulatory authorities in the healthcare sector to facilitate safe and effective healthcare. In this paper, we review, identify, describe, and compare the requirements for communication key performance indicators in relevant healthcare use cases, including remote robotic-assisted surgery, connected ambulance, wearable and implantable devices, and service robotics for assisted living, with a focus on quantitative requirements. We also compare 5G-healthcare requirements with the current state of 5G capabilities. Finally, we identify gaps in the existing literature and highlight considerations for this space.

Keywords: 5G networks; healthcare; key performance indicators; wireless communication

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Qureshi, H.N.; Manalastas, M.; Ijaz, A.; Imran, A.; Liu, Y.; Al Kalaa, M.O. Communication Requirements in 5G-Enabled Healthcare Applications: Review and Considerations. Healthcare 2022, 10, 293. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10020293

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Qureshi HN, Manalastas M, Ijaz A, Imran A, Liu Y, Al Kalaa MO. Communication Requirements in 5G-Enabled Healthcare Applications: Review and Considerations. Healthcare. 2022; 10(2):293. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10020293

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Qureshi, Haneya Naeem, Marvin Manalastas, Aneeqa Ijaz, Ali Imran, Yongkang Liu, and Mohamad Omar Al Kalaa. 2022. "Communication Requirements in 5G-Enabled Healthcare Applications: Review and Considerations" Healthcare 10, no. 2: 293. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10020293

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Qureshi, H. N., Manalastas, M., Ijaz, A., Imran, A., Liu, Y., & Al Kalaa, M. O. (2022). Communication Requirements in 5G-Enabled Healthcare Applications: Review and Considerations. Healthcare, 10(2), 293. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10020293

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