The primary objective of this chapter is to provide a framework for smart healthcare in 5G and focus on requirements for an intelligent medical system design. Advancements in technology and Internet access have connected people to various devices that can interact with one another. Today, smart devices bridge the gaps in many fields, including medicine. Smart healthcare is transitioning from a specialist and a clinic approach to a more dispersed, patient-centred model. Technological developments have facilitated several technologically accelerated evolutions in the healthcare sector. 4G and other communications technologies are currently employed in healthcare for smart healthcare apps and services. These innovations are critical for smart healthcare services in the future. Several applications produce vast amounts of data in various formats and sizes as the healthcare business grows. Such diverse data necessitates unique considerations in terms of end-to-end. Current communication systems will need to help meet the demands of healthcare applications that are dynamic and time sensitive. As a result, 5G infrastructures are being conceived. 5G-enabled smart healthcare systems are a conglomeration of IoT strategies that demand efficiency from the system. Current IoT networking solutions confront difficulties such as supporting many gadgets, standardization, and safety. It gives a complete assessment of the 5G-supported smart healthcare requirements in society 4.0.
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Modern technological advancements and Internet accessibility have made it feasible to link many gadgets that can talk with one another and share information. Modern communication technology relies entirely on smart gadgets such as phones, tablets, and other devices. Technological advancement has made it possible for intelligent systems to be developed in the automation, transportation, manufacturing, and medical fields, improving people's quality of life. The idea of “smart healthcare”—healthcare supported by technology—was first introduced via smart gadgets(Fraher et al., 2024; Holroyd, 2022; Zhang et al., 2024). While 4G has been employed in Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) applications to link different physical devices, including wearables, physiological monitors, mobile phones, and body sensors, it encounters many difficulties when the quantity of device connections rises. As a result, a network that is more advanced than 4G in terms of speed, latency, support for multiple devices connecting at once, and data storage capacity is needed to meet the expectations of IoMT(Garg, 2022; Masuda et al., 2021). Given its higher performance than the 4G network, the 5G network offers a fantastic substitute for addressing this issue. These restrictions will completely disappear with the deployment of 5G. Healthcare innovation will be made possible by high transmission speeds, extremely low latency, improved mobile broadband, and network capacities greater than 4G. Figure 1 Features and tools of 5G for healthcare practices.
Figure 1. Features and tools of 5G for healthcare practices
An ambulance can support remote and diagnostic operations with an ultra-low-latency connection. Despite the advancement of wireless communication, the Internet of Things (IoT) has significantly impacted the present generation, which connects sensors and, vehicles, etc. The most essential item under the IoT is RFID. It consists of a tag, a reader, and a transmitter (Narvaez Rojas et al., 2021; Tuppad & Patil, 2022). We may access the IoT anytime and from any location with wireless connectivity. Remote Internet access, data sharing, and continuous device connection are among the most common IoT applications. This healthcare relies entirely on technology, which allows patients to receive better treatments in a shorter amount of time and have a higher quality of life by using equipment and improved diagnostic tools (Singh & Sobti, 2022; Wang et al., 2019). The IoT is at the heart of this smart healthcare concept. Most individuals in rural areas lack access to a robust health monitoring system to prevent health-related concerns (Sołtysik-Piorunkiewicz & Zdonek, 2021). Many individuals worldwide suffer from various ailments because of a lack of communication between hospitals and patients' checking systems. Figure 2 Supportive pillars of 5G technology for healthcare.
Figure 2. Supportive pillars of 5G technology for healthcare