Poster: Network Model of Scalable Remote Healthcare Systems

Smart Phones are packed up with applications in the domain of healthcare, social networking etc and require substantial network data connectivity for operations. Network services are primarily affected by the quality of radio signals and congestion in the cell. NeSen [1][2] is a tool incorporated at the Mobile Terminal (MT) end to measure the network characteristics corresponding to link quality and stability of cellular networks. NeSen is capable of assessing both static and dynamic Network parameters of operators of all interfaces. The network parameters captured with NeSen are signal strength, radio type, Cell Location Id (CID), Location Area Code (LAC), operator name, Bit Error Rate (BER) etc. along with date and time. The values of these parameters are logged at the file systems of the MT in real time. The worth mentioning observations from the trials is "Except for single day cell dwell time is less the 10 min and often around 01 minute. Network cell transitions are observed even in milliseconds. Vertical handoffs in sufficient number are recorded". Aforementioned observation manifest that a phone gets serviced from multiple Base Stations (BS) within a space of time. This draws the attention towards the transiting behavior of Base Station.