"The following Guidance document addresses the use of radio frequency 1 (RF) wireless technology for the transport of medical data both to and from point-of-care (PoC) medical devices. The context of such wireless medical data transport can range from home- or mobile-based healthcare to in hospital ambulatory and stationary situations. The intent of the guidance document is to be global with respect to wireless spectrum and equipment, although working group participation and expertise have favored detail of scenarios from the US. At the time of this Guidance document several applicable RF wireless technologies exist with a range of capabilities and characteristics, and in different stages of maturity, standardization, and adoption in healthcare. It is recognized that RF technologies are rapidly evolving, and new options may become available (or sufficiently established) after the publication of this Guidance document. The recommendations, therefore, avoid being overly prescriptive and instead attempt to assist medical device manufacturers, wireless equipment manufacturers, healthcare providers, government agencies and any other end-user of this document to make reasonable judgments regarding performance and practical implementation of wireless solutions. The Guidance document defines specific use cases to estimate, compare, and contrast performance of known technologies operating on wireless personal area (WPAN), wireless local area (WLAN), wireless metropolitan area (WMAN), and wireless wide area (WWAN) networks. Major considerations are 1) the quality-of-service (QoS) requirements (reliability, latency, priority, bandwidth) associated with the data being transported, 2) the expected performance (power, link range, throughput, link establishment and maintenance) of the wireless technology, and 3) the specific needs and resources of the end user. Related issues include network architecture, EMI/EMC, coexistence with other data streams, security, cost, power consumption, and technology configurability. Performance summaries for specific wireless technologies that support defined use cases are not intended as an endorsement of optimal solution because different needs, resources, sizes, and environments cannot be comprehensively addressed. This overview document is meant to be a foundation and reference for several follow-on IEEE 11073.3.5.x standards that will profile specific classes of off-the-shelf RF wireless technologies for medical data transport. Importantly, this guidance document is not envisioned to be periodically updated, but instead will act as a source of information for the follow-on IEEE 11073-0305.x standards that will supplant it. Periodic updates will be performed on the IEEE 11073- 0305.x standards only."
- Sponsor Committee
- EMB/11073 - IEEE 11073 Standards Committee
- Status
- Inactive-Reserved Standard
- PAR Approval
- 2007-05-07
- Board Approval
- 2008-09-26
- History
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- ANSI Approved:
- 2009-08-05
- Published:
- 2008-12-26
- Inactivated Date:
- 2019-11-07
Working Group Details
- Society
- IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
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- EMB/11073 - IEEE 11073 Standards Committee
- Working Group
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LL - Lower_Layer
- IEEE Program Manager
- Patrycja Jarosz
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- Malcolm Clarke
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These standards have been replaced with a revised version of the standard, or by a compilation of the original active standard and all its existing amendments, corrigenda, and errata.
1073.3.2-2000
IEEE Standard for Medical Device Communications - Transport Profile - IrDA Based - Cable Connected
Replaced by ISO/IEC 11073-30200:2004. A connection-oriented transport profile and physical layer suitable for medical device communications in legacy devices is established. Communications services and protocols consis-tent with specifications of the Infrared Data Association are defined. These communication services and protocols are optimized for use in patient-connected bedside medical devices.
These standards have been removed from active status through a ballot where the standard is made inactive as a consensus decision of a balloting group.
No Inactive-Withdrawn Standards
These standards are removed from active status through an administrative process for standards that have not undergone a revision process within 10 years.
11073-30200-2000
ISO/IEEE Standard for Health informatics - Point-of-care medical device communication - Transport profile - Cable connected
This standard replaces IEEE Std 1073.3.2-2000. A connection-oriented transport profile and physical layer suitable for medical device communications in legacy devices is established. Communications services and protocols consistent with specifications of the Infrared Data Association are defined. These communication services and protocols are optimized for use in patient-connected badside medical devices.
11073-30200a-2011
IEEE Standard for Health informatics--Point-of-care medical device communication Part 30200: Transport profile--Cable connected Amendment 1
ISO/IEEE Std 11073-30200:2004 is extended in this amendment to include IEEE 802.3 100BASE-T and analysis of the compatibility of cable connections between ISO/IEEE Std 11073-30200:2004 and IEEE Std 802.3TM-2008.
11073-30300-2004
ISO/IEEE International Standard Health informatics - Point-of-care medical device communication - Transport profile - Infrared
This standard establishes a connection-oriented transport profile and physical layer suitable for medical device communications that use short-range infrared wireless. This standard defines communications services and protocols that are consistent with specifications of the Infrared Data Association (IrDA) and are optimized for point-of-care (POC) applications at or near the patient.
11073-30400-2010
IEEE Health informatics--Point-of-care medical device communication Part 30400: Interface profile--Cabled Ethernet
The application of the Ethernet family (IEEE Std 802.3-2008) of protocols for use in medical device communication is addressed in this document. The scope is limited to referencing the appropriate Ethernet family specifications and calling out any specific special needs or requirements of the ISO/IEEE 11073 environment, with a particular focus on easing interoperability and controlling costs.