title: Performance Evaluation of an Enhanced Uplink 3.5G System for Mobile Healthcare Applications.
abstract: The present paper studies the prospective and the performance of a forthcoming high-speed third generation (3.5G) networking technology, called enhanced uplink, for delivering mobile health (m-health) applications. The performance of 3.5G networks is a critical factor for successful development of m-health services perceived by end users. In this paper, we propose a methodology for performance assessment based on the joint uplink transmission of voice, real-time video, biological data (such as electrocardiogram, vital signals, and heart sounds), and healthcare records file transfer. Various scenarios were concerned in terms of real-time, nonreal-time, and emergency applications in random locations, where no other system but 3.5G is available. The accomplishment of quality of service (QoS) was explored through a step-by-step improvement of enhanced uplink system's parameters, attributing the network system for the best performance in the context of the desired m-health services.
authors.affiliation: Mobile Radio Communications Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou, 15773 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Komnakos
authors.forename: Demosthenes
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vouyioukas
authors.forename: Ilias
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Maglogiannis
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Constantinou