This project aims to develop a heterogeneous wireless communications platform to serve medical applications, which are nowadays typically based on wired connectivity. The solution has to be trustworthy, focusing on reliability, resilience, and availability while also being enriched by localization abilities.
In the medical field, communications are still significantly dominated by wired connections, even though wireless mobile communications could greatly simplify handling and even enhance functionality in many cases. Medical applications have specific requirements concerning data rates, availability, and security: In some cases, mobile communications with extremely high data rates are needed in clinical settings. From augmented reality in the operating room to mobile health monitoring, a wide range of data rates, spanning six orders of magnitude (from 100 b/s to 100 Mb/s) needs to be covered. In particular, also scenarios with low data rates and the highest energy efficiency, such as vital parameter monitoring in portable tags, are realistic.
Ensuring trustworthiness poses an additional challenge and is of utmost importance. Meeting this diverse set of requirements calls for a wireless solution that goes beyond current standards in mobile communications. This research aims to develop a heterogeneous wireless solution based on 5G mobile communications and Bluetooth, serving as a platform solution for medical microsystems. The goal is to ensure trustworthiness, with a particular focus on parameters like reliability, resilience, and availability. Furthermore, the platform will be able to provide the additional functionality of localizing devices reusing the same infrastructure.
Practical requirements will be derived through collaboration with application projects. The project complements the cross-sectional projects “Secure and trustworthy system architectures” and “AI-assisted regulation for medicine and cybersecurity” in terms of trustworthiness.
Prof. Gerhard Fettweis I TUD University of Technology Dresden, Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications Systems
- Prof. Frank Ellinger I TUD University of Technology Dresden, Chair of Circuit Design and Network Theory
- Kiran Shekhar I NXP Semiconductors Germany GmbH
- Dr. Matthias Stege I Exelonix GmbH Dresden
- Dr. Ralf Irmer I Vodafone Group Services GmbH
