Journal Article Published 2009

Experimental Performance Analysis of Wireless Links for Healthcare Applications

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Dr. Timothy Ascus Chadza

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Electrical Engineering

14 total publications

Timothy received his B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS), formerly the University of Malawi -Polytechnic, in 2005. Later, he did an Advanced Postgraduate (Equivalent to M.Tech. de...

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Primary Author Dr Harry S. Gombachika

Co-Authors Dr. Timothy Ascus Chadza, Mr. Mayamiko Nkoloma, Mr. Million Trocco Mafuta, Dr. Rodwell Bakolo, Dr. Timothy Ascus Chadza

Abstract

Wireless networking is currently being deployed for various applications. However, the application of wireless networking in healthcare remains a challenge mainly because of security and reliability concerns. This paper presents experimental results of performance analysis of a wireless network for healthcare application in the City of Blantyre. The results show that the use of wireless networking in healthcare application will be limited by packet loss, delay and jitter when the number of hops involved in the transmission of information is large. Nevertheless, deployment of wireless networking for healthcare applications is viable when the number of hops a packet has to transverse is small.

Year of Publication 2009

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Journal Name Malawi Journal of Science and Technology

Volume 9

Issue 1

Page Numbers 1-4