Tactile Internet and the Remote Surgeon

Tactile Internet and the Remote Surgeon

Muhammad Imran Majid, Tahniyat Aslam, Ahmed Mujtaba Hashmi, Danyal Subzwari, Babar Siddiqui
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 27
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1851-9.ch015
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Abstract

The delivery of healthcare in remote rural areas is a global phenomenon. Using digital governance, a discretized cluster of node relaying time-sensitive, and reliable data, life-critical health services can be ensured. Here tactile internet-based internet of things (IoT) and its variant internet of medical things (IoMT), as well as tactile internet, is introduced. Its relationship with 5G is explored. A model for e-health implementation using unmanned autonomous vehicles (UAVs) in the backhaul is presented. The link is analyzed over fiber optics, satellite, and 5G network in terms of latency and reliability: the crucial metrics for robotic surgery. It is also shown that 5G implemented in Italy, Zimbabwe, and Cooks Island have supported mobile hospitals in rural regions. Hence, induction of 5G networks is a feasible approach. Finally, a critical review of expected future technologies including telematics is presented. Hence, tactile internet-based robotic surgery can reduce the digital divide.
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Internet Of Things

IoT is a novel technology for accessing machine to machine interaction capable of transmitting from any place via the internet to any connected machine or interface or object in a network at any time. IoT will convert the globe and introduce smartness in all aspects. Here smartness implies efficiency, access to data and easy of working without unnecessary human interface. Some examples include smart home and cities, smart health, smart energy and grid, transportation (Kaur & Singh, 2016). In this chapter we focus mostly on the aspect of life saving surgeries or medical provision in remote locations where traditional medical services are not available readily. We designate this variant of the machine to machine interface in terms of medical devices and ecosystems and call it Internet of Medical Things or IoMT.

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