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ICT for Health: Networks, standards and innovation

Figure 3 – Demonstration of the 5G-enabled
ambulance in FAHZZU.
2.2 5G-enabled remote surgery

Figure 2 – Remote diagnosis demonstration of
5G-enabled remote diagnosis in FAHZZU.
transmissions; and the uplink peak speed is about 100
Mb/s, 10 times that of the 4G wireless transmissions.
The latency at the remote user side is about 7.6 ms
Figure 4 – 5G-enabled remote surgery system.
according to our test, which is reduced by 73% compared
to the 4G wireless connections. With the help of Moreover, 5G’s faster transmission speed (especially
5G-enabled diagnosis and treatment, patients can be in the uplink) and URLLC merits make the remote
remotely diagnosed by the FAHZZU?s specialists while surgery robot a reality. This is because that in
sitting in the remote community clinic without actually previous generations of ICT-assisted remote surgery
traveling there. systems, the network reliability is a big challenge.
A moment’s disconnection or even a bad connection
5G-enabled ambulances is another application scenario quality will result in surgery failure, which might
of 5G-enabled remote diagnosis and treatment. It take away the patient’s life. In prior ICT-assisted
connects the first-aider, ambulance, command center, remote surgery, the operating doctor relied on the
remote clinic and the specialist and general hospital two-dimensional streaming media information, they
via 5G wireless networks. In this case, the 5G-enabled were unable to clearly see the wound or distance.
ambulance can act as the mobile hospital and share This is an arduous task, any mistake or miscalculation
the information with remote specialized doctors. It will result in serious consequences. The argument is
can check the patient?s vital signs and share these that reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) technology can
results in nearly real time. Moreover, it can provide remedy this disadvantage with its three dimensional
remote diagnosis and treatment services with the help scene reconstruction ability to assist the surgery [9].
of equipped high-definition cameras. Compared to The VR application also relies greatly on 5G’s higher
existing methods, the 5G-enabled ambulance has better transmission speed URLLC merits. In this case,
latency performance and even faster uplink transmission compared to prior wireless solutions such as LTE, 5G
speed, which are vital for the high-definition streaming is an ideal choice for ICT-assisted health systems.
media information transmission. As shown in Figure 3,
medical staff can remotely look up the electronic medical As depicted in Figure 4, in our considered 5G-enabled
record, monitor and upload the patient?s vital signs, remote surgery system, 5G networks and AR/VR
communicate with the specialized medical doctor to save technologies are used. The control center and the
the precious rescue time. The 5G-enabled ambulance remote surgery robot workbench are connected via 5G
can also be used in an emergency rescue scenario while wireless networks. We divide the remote surgery robot
connecting to the remote control center. system into two scenarios, i.e., the ambulance scenario

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