Medical data transport over wireless life critical network

摘要

A communicator facilitates communications with a remote server via a wireless network supporting a plurality of disparate data transport mechanisms having differing characteristics. A processor coupled to memory is disposed in a communicator housing, which is configured for portability. The memory stores wireless radio firmware and data transfer instructions that are executable by the processor for transferring data to the remote server in accordance with a priority level. The priority level is based in part on criticality of the data and the communicator status. A radio disposed in the housing effects communications via the wireless network in accordance with the firmware. A power source in the housing supplies power for communicator components. The processor executes program instructions for selecting a data transport mechanism among the plurality transport mechanisms based on the priority level, and transmits the data via the wireless network via the radio using the selected transport mechanism.

主权项

1. A communicator configured to facilitate communications with a remote server, the communicator comprising:
a processor; memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores firmware and data transfer instructions, the data transfer instructions executable by the processor for transferring data to the remote server in accordance with a priority level; a communications module configured to effect communications with the remote server using each of a plurality of communications protocols, in accordance with program instructions of the firmware executable by the processor; and the processor configured to execute program instructions for selecting a communications protocol from the plurality of communications protocols based at least in part on the priority level and transmitting the data to the remote server using the selected transport mechanism via the communications protocol.