5G Communication Systems and Connected Healthcare

Abstract

This chapter focuses on 5G mobile systems for ultra-reliable low latency communications applied to two specific healthcare use cases: Wireless Tele Surgery (WTS), using a mobile console and a robotic platform with video, audio and haptic feedback; and Wireless Service Robot (WSR), a companion robot or service robot performing tasks of social caretakers, professional personnel or family members. Cyber-sickness and latency between the robotic platform and a reasoning server are the new technical problems the 5G mobile system is expected to solve, e.g. in hospices, hospitals, homes and campus areas.