IoT Applications with 5G Connectivity in Medical Tourism Sector Management: Third-Party Service Scenarios

• Published in: Advances in experimental medicine and biology Vol. 989; pp. 141 - 154
• Main Authors: Psiha, Maria M., Vlamos, Panayiotis
• Format: Book Chapter Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 01.01.2017; Springer International Publishing
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
• Subjects: 5G infrastructure; IoT applications; Machine-type communication; Management; Medical tourism sector; Molecular biology; Neurosciences; 5G infrastructure; Machine-type communication; IoT applications; Management; Medical tourism sector
• ISBN: 3319573470; 9783319573472
• ISSN: 0065-2598; 2214-8019
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-57348-9_12

5G is the next generation of mobile communication technology. Current generation of wireless technologies is being evolved toward 5G for better serving end users and transforming our society. Supported by 5G cloud technology, personal devices will extend their capabilities to various applications, supporting smart life. They will have significant role in health, medical tourism, security, safety, and social life applications. The next wave of mobile communication is to mobilize and automate industries and industry processes via Machine-Type Communication (MTC) and Internet of Things (IoT). The current key performance indicators for the 5G infrastructure for the fully connected society are sufficient to satisfy most of the technical requirements in the healthcare sector. Thus, 5G can be considered as a door opener for new possibilities and use cases, many of which are as yet unknown. In this paper we present heterogeneous use cases in medical tourism sector, based on 5G infrastructure technologies and third-party cloud services.