Smart Hospitals: 5G, 6G and Moving Beyond Connectivity
About this ebook
The advancement of wireless communication technologies has revolutionized the way we connect and interact with the digital world. The introduction of 5G networks has paved the way for faster, more reliable, and low-latency wireless connections. However, as technology continues to evolve, the focus is now shifting toward exploring the future potential of 5G and 6G and their applications in various industries. One such industry that stands to benefit significantly from these advancements is healthcare, particularly with the concept of smart hospitals. The development of smart hospitals relies on IT infrastructure, software solutions, and data management systems. IT professionals and software developers work with healthcare professionals on designing and implementing systems that enable seamless connectivity, data integration, analytics, and security in smart hospital environments. Smart Hospitals: 5G, 6G, and Moving Beyond Connectivity delves into the potential of 5G, 6G, and smart hospitals, highlighting how they go beyond mere connectivity.
About the author
Arun Kumar, PhD is an associate professor in Electronics and Communication Engineering at the New Horizon College of Engineering in Bengaluru, India. He has over nine years of teaching experience and has published more than 80 research articles in SCI-E and Scopus Index journals. Additionally, he has successfully implemented different reduction techniques for multi-carrier waveforms such as non-orthogonal multiple-access, filterbank multicarrier, and universal filtered multicarrier waveforms and has also implemented and compared different waveform techniques for the 5G system. Currently, he is working on the requirements of a 5G-based smart hospital system.
Manoj Gupta, PhD is a professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology University, Andhra Pradesh, Amravati, India. He has over 18 years of experience and has published more than 50 research papers in international journals and national and international conferences and book chapters, as well as two patent grants, five published patents, and two Indian Research Copyrights. Additionally, he is a member of numerous professional societies, serves as an editor for several reputed journals, and has been a keynote speaker at various international conferences.
Sanjeev Sharma, PhD is a professor and the Dean of the Quality Assurance and Skill Development Center at the New Horizon College of Engineering. He has over seven years of industrial, 10 years of research, and 15 years of academic experience and has published more than 52 technical papers in reputed journals and conference proceedings with four international book chapters and authored books and five provisionally published patents out of 11 filed patents.
Er. Himanshu Sharma, PhD is an assistant professor at the Jaipur Engineering College and Research Centre with over ten years of experience. He has published 13 SCI/Scopus Indexed international journals, as well as a patent at the national level and application for another patent with the German Patent Office. His areas of interest in research include wireless communication, spectrum sensing, detection techniques and networking.
Khursheed Aurangzeb, PhD is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at the College of Computer and Information Sciences at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He has more than fifteen years of experience as an instructor and researcher in data analytics, machine and deep learning, signal processing, electronics circuits and systems, and embedded systems. He has authored and co-authored more than 70 publications and been involved in many research projects as a principal investigator and a co-principal investigator.
