Reduced power consumption for 3GPP-compliant continua health devices by deployment of femtocells in the home environment

Edward Mutafungwa*, Zhong Zheng, Jyri Hämäläinen

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Abstract

The Continua reference architecture is now widely considered to be the de facto framework for implementation of personal telehealth systems. Existing Continua guidelines specify the use of personal or local area network technologies (Bluetooth, USB, ZigBee) for personal health device connectivity within the monitored person's local environment. However, there are now efforts to update the Continua reference architecture to include personal health devices with integrated 3GPP radio interfaces (GPRS, HSPA, LTE etc.). To that end, indoor femtocell home gateways provide several benefits for personal telehealth systems with such 3GPP-compliant Continua health devices. A notable benefit is the reduced power consumption by the devices compared to case where connectivity is via outdoor macro base stations. This paper supports this premise with some results from comparative simulations between femto- and macro-based implementations of the Continua personal telehealth systems.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
Pages173-180
Number of pages8
Volume83 LNICST
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
MoE publication typeA4 Conference publication
EventInternational Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare - Kos Island, Greece
Duration: 5 Oct 20117 Oct 2011
Conference number: 2

Publication series

NameLecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
Volume83 LNICST
ISSN (Print)18678211

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare
Abbreviated titleMobiHealth
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityKos Island
Period05/10/201107/10/2011

Keywords

  • Continua
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Femtocells
  • Machine-Type Communications
  • Personal Teleheath
  • Power Consumption

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