Towards fostering the role of 5G networks in the field of digital health

Nidal M. Turab, Jamal Ibrahim Al-Nabulsi, Mwaffaq Abu-Alhaija, Hamza Abu Owida, Mohammad Alsharaiah, Ala Abuthawabeh

Abstract


A typical healthcare system needs further participation with patient monitoring, vital signs sensors and other medical devices. Healthcare moved from a traditional central hospital to scattered patients. Healthcare systems receive help from emerging technology innovations such as fifth generation (5G) communication infrastructure: internet of things (IoT), machine learning (ML), and artificial intelligence (AI). Healthcare providers benefit from IoT capabilities to comfort patients by using smart appliances that improve the healthcare level they receive. These IoT smart healthcare gadgets produce massive data volume. It is crucial to use very high-speed communication networks such as 5G wireless technology with the increased communication bandwidth, data transmission efficiency and reduced communication delay and latency, thus leading to strengthen the precise requirements of healthcare big data utilities. The adaptation of 5G in smart healthcare networks allows increasing number of IoT devices that supplies an augmentation in network performance. This paper reviewed distinctive aspects of internet of medical things (IoMT) and 5G architectures with their future and present sides, which can lead to improve healthcare of patients in the near future.

Keywords


Internet of medical things; mobile cloud computing; mobile edge computing; network function virtualization; software-defined network

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DOI: http://doi.org/10.11591/ijece.v13i6.pp6595-6608

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International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE)
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