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A Simulation Study of mmWave 5G-enabled Medical Extended Reality (MXR)

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Author(s)

Tanguy Ropitault, Yongkang Liu, Richard Rouil, Mohamad Omar Al Kalaa

Abstract

Medical extended reality (MXR) offers innovative healthcare delivery in a variety of clinical contexts. 5G-enabled MXR refers to the use of 5G connectivity to enable MXR functions by connecting multiple MXR device components, servers, and collaborators. In this paper, we simulate the use of 5G mmWave to enable MXR in a hospital Operating Room (OR). Realistic OR layout, MXR traffic models, and mmWave propagation were incorporated into an ns-3 system-level simulator that documented the impact of spatial deployments, transmission power configurations, and traffic demands on the MXR troughput and latency. The study demonstrates that mmWave can reliably support MXR connectivity demands, including maintaining minimal delays and meeting high data rates, while illustrating that high throughput does not translate to low latency. Results also highlight the influence of Base Station (BS) placement and transmission power settings in this scenario.
Proceedings Title
ICC 2024 Enabling Immersive Connections: Workshop on Wireless Communications for Extended Reality (XR)
Conference Dates
June 9-14, 2024
Conference Location
Denver, CO, US

Keywords

5G, mmWave, medical extended reality

Citation

Ropitault, T. , Liu, Y. , Rouil, R. and Al Kalaa, M. (2024), A Simulation Study of mmWave 5G-enabled Medical Extended Reality (MXR), ICC 2024 Enabling Immersive Connections: Workshop on Wireless Communications for Extended Reality (XR) , Denver, CO, US, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=957306 (Accessed February 14, 2025)

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Created August 12, 2024, Updated October 23, 2024