5G Communication Systems and Connected Healthcare

This chapter focuses on ultra‐reliable low‐latency communications for connecting remote‐controlled robots or robotic platforms with intelligence in the edge cloud. The first use case is Wireless Tele Surgery (WTS), which is considered to be an integral part of the wider field of telemedicine. The second use case is about connecting a Wireless Service Robot (WSR), i.e. a robotic platform with Artificial Intelligence in the edge cloud. The chapter describes the WTS and WSR use cases in detail and presents the corresponding technical requirements 5G wireless is expected to support. It presents the architecture, technology and security aspects of 5G that would cater for the Tele‐healthcare use cases and applications. The chapter further qualifies and quantifies the impact of robotics globally, and also presents an example of business model for Tele‐healthcare and the corresponding business case calculation for the communication service provider and care service organization.

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