IEEE 1073.3.3-2004

IEEE 1073.3.3-2004 IEEE Draft Standard for Health Informatics - Point-of-Care Medical Device Communication - Transport profile - IrDA based - Infrared Wireless
standard by IEEE, 12/15/2004

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Scope

The scope of this standard is to define an IrDA-based transport profile for medical device communication that uses short-range infrared, as a companion standard to IEEE Std 1073.3.2, which specifies a cable-connected physical layer. The proposed standard will also support use cases consistent with industry practice for handheld PDAs and network access points that support IrDA-infrared communication.

Purpose

The purpose of the proposed standard is to provide connection-oriented communication services and protocols consistent with IrDA specifications, using short-range infrared as the physical layer. This will extend and complement IEEE Std 1073.3.2, which specifies a cable-connected physical layer. The use of IrDA-infrared is appropriate for mobile and portable 'point-of-care' clinical lab instruments (e.g. glucose meters) and other medical devices that require intermittent 'point-and-shoot' connectivity to a data repository, typically via a hospital network. The proposed standard will utilize the work embodied in the Connectivity Industry Consortium's "Device and Access Point Interface" specification, which is part of an overall effort to standardize communication for 'point-of-care' medical devices using a single transport protocol (IrDA TinyTP) running over two physical layers, cable-connected and infrared.

Abstract

New IEEE Standard - Inactive - Superseded.ISO/IEEE Dual logo This standard establishes a connection-oriented transport profile and physical layer suitable for medical device communications that use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 consistent with specifications of the Infrared Data Association, and are optimized for point-of-care applications at or near the patient.