Analysis of QoS Requirements for e-Health Services and Mapping to Evolved Packet System QoS Classes

Table 2

Data rates for typical telemedicine devices [7].

Digital device	Temporal/spatial	Contrast/resolution	Required data
	(no. of samples/sec)	(bits per sample)	rate
Digital blood pressure monitor	1	×16	<10 kbps
Digital audio stethoscope	10000	×12	approx. 120 kbps
Electrocardiogram (ECG)	1250	×12	approx. 15 kbps
Ultrasound, cardiology, radiology	512 × 512	×8	256 kB (image size)
Scanned X-ray	1024 × 1250	×12	1.8 MB (image size)
Mammogram	4096 × 4096	×12	24 MB (image size)
Compressed and full motion video	—	—	384 kbps to 1.544 Mbps