Enhancing the Performance of Medical Implant Communication Systems through Cooperative Diversity
Battery-operated medical implants—such as pacemakers or cardioverter-defibrillators—have already been widely used in practical telemedicine and telecare applications. However, no solution has yet been found to mitigate the effect of the fading that the in-body to off-body communication channel is su...
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| description | Battery-operated medical implants—such as pacemakers or cardioverter-defibrillators—have already been widely used in practical telemedicine and telecare applications. However, no solution has yet been found to mitigate the effect of the fading that the in-body to off-body communication channel is subject to. In this paper, we reveal and assess the potential of cooperative diversity to combat fading—hence to improve system performance—in medical implant communication systems. In the particular cooperative communication scenario we consider, multiple cooperating receiver units are installed across the room accommodating the patient with a medical implant inside his/her body. Our investigations have shown that the application of cooperative diversity is a promising approach to enhance the performance of medical implant communication systems in various aspects such as implant lifetime and communication link reliability. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-53980630c95d4ed8af2552f0c957bf0a2025-02-03T07:23:48ZengWileyInternational Journal of Telemedicine and Applications1687-64151687-64232010-01-01201010.1155/2010/920704920704Enhancing the Performance of Medical Implant Communication Systems through Cooperative DiversityBarnabás Hegyi0János Levendovszky1Faculty of Information Technology, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, 1083 Budapest, HungaryFaculty of Information Technology, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, 1083 Budapest, HungaryBattery-operated medical implants—such as pacemakers or cardioverter-defibrillators—have already been widely used in practical telemedicine and telecare applications. However, no solution has yet been found to mitigate the effect of the fading that the in-body to off-body communication channel is subject to. In this paper, we reveal and assess the potential of cooperative diversity to combat fading—hence to improve system performance—in medical implant communication systems. In the particular cooperative communication scenario we consider, multiple cooperating receiver units are installed across the room accommodating the patient with a medical implant inside his/her body. Our investigations have shown that the application of cooperative diversity is a promising approach to enhance the performance of medical implant communication systems in various aspects such as implant lifetime and communication link reliability.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/920704 |
| spellingShingle | Barnabás Hegyi János Levendovszky Enhancing the Performance of Medical Implant Communication Systems through Cooperative Diversity International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications |
| title | Enhancing the Performance of Medical Implant Communication Systems through Cooperative Diversity |
| title_full | Enhancing the Performance of Medical Implant Communication Systems through Cooperative Diversity |
| title_fullStr | Enhancing the Performance of Medical Implant Communication Systems through Cooperative Diversity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing the Performance of Medical Implant Communication Systems through Cooperative Diversity |
| title_short | Enhancing the Performance of Medical Implant Communication Systems through Cooperative Diversity |
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