Application: Healthcare: In-body Networks
Description
Health care continues to be transformed by the development and continued improvement of wearable devices. Today, vital parameters may require 24/7 monitoring for the healthy and the sick; such monitoring occurs through numerous wearable devices.
Devices
- In addition, real-time health monitoring may include devices either on the surface (e.g., wearables skin patches, sensors for temperature and blood pressure) or in implants (e.g., pacemaker, insulin pump, muscle controllers) communicating with access points (AP), which will, in turn, transport data (e.g., health parameters) to the internet which would, therefore, allow prompt actions to be taken.
KPIs
| KPI | Value |
|---|---|
| DL E2E Packet Latency | Very high: < 500 ms |
| UL E2E Packet Latency | High: 100 ms - 500 ms |
| E2E Packet Jitter | Sensitive (ms) |
| DL User Experience Data Rate (Mbps) | Low: < 10 Mbps |
| Communication Service Availability | High: > 99.9% |
| Guaranteed Bit Rate | GBR |
| Criticality | Safety critical |
| Priority Service (NS/EP) | No |
| Service Continuity | Required |
| Mobility | Vehicular: 10 to 120 km/h |
| Synchronization Precision | > 1 ms |
| Connection Density | Low: < 1000 |
| Communication Direction | Two-way |
| Common Communication Mode | Unicast |
| Data Reporting Mode | Event driven |
| Device Type and Form Factor | Small non-display module |
| Device Integration | Integrated |
| Device Lifespan | Long: > 8 years |
| Device Power Constraints | Very limited: < 50 mW |
| DL E2E Packet Reliability | Very high: < 10E-8 |
| UL E2E Packet Reliability | Very high: < 10E-8 |
| Connectivity Service Area | Indoor and Outdoor |
| APIs | Device-based |
| Connectivity Type (BAN/PAN/WAN/LAN) | BAN - in-body subnetworks |
| Sidelink Connectivity | Can be beneficial |
| Sidelink Connectivity Data Rate | Not applicable |
| Sidelink Connectivity Latency | Not applicable |
| Position Accuracy | Moderate (1 m - 3 m ) |
| Sensing Range Resolution | Stringent (0.1 m - 10 m) |
| False Alarm (FA) | < 1 % |
| Edge Computing Service | Can be beneficial |
| EC: Edge Compute Offload | Device <--> Edge |
| EC: Edge Storage Offload | Device <--> Edge |
| EC: Edge Networking Offload | Edge <--> Cloud |
| EC: Edge Application Enablement Services | Not required |
| EC: Edge Proximity | On-premise edge |
| EC: Distributed and Autonomous Management of Edge Resources | Not required |
| AI/ML Service | Not applicable |
| AIML: Personalization | Not required |
| AIML: Training Data Security | Not required |
| AIML: Ownership, Traceability and Accountability | Not required |
| AIML: Incentivized/Distributed/Collaborative AI/ML | Not required |
| Distributed Ledger Service | Not required |
| Connectivity Subscription Provisioning | Pre-subscribed and reprovision-able |
| Number of Subscriptions Supported by the Device | 1 |
| Connectivity Subscription Management | Remote management (common in-vehicle telematics terminals) |
| User Interface for Device Management | None (not even a power switch) |
| Local Connectivity for Device Configuration and Management | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, etc.; |
| Device Configuration and Customization | Required post-deployment |