Service Level Agreements for 5G and Beyond: Overview, Challenges and Enablers of 5G-Healthcare Systems

Haneya Naeem Qureshi; Marvin Manalastas; Syed Muhammad Asad Zaidi; Ali Imran; Mohamad Omar Al Kalaa

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3046927

IEEE Access (Jan 2021)

Service Level Agreements for 5G and Beyond: Overview, Challenges and Enablers of 5G-Healthcare Systems

Haneya Naeem Qureshi,
Marvin Manalastas,
Syed Muhammad Asad Zaidi,
Ali Imran,
Mohamad Omar Al Kalaa

Affiliations

Haneya Naeem Qureshi: ORCiD; Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA
Marvin Manalastas: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Oklahoma–Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, USA
Syed Muhammad Asad Zaidi: ORCiD; School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Oklahoma–Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, USA
Ali Imran: ORCiD; School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Oklahoma–Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, USA
Mohamad Omar Al Kalaa: ORCiD; Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3046927
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9
pp. 1044 – 1061

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5G and beyond networks will transform the healthcare sector by opening possibilities for novel use cases and applications. Service level agreements (SLAs) can enable 5G-enabled medical device use cases by documenting how a medical device communication requirements are met by the unique characteristics of 5G networks and the roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders involved in offering safe and effective 5G-enabled healthcare to patients. However, there are gaps in this space that should be addressed to facilitate the efficient implementation of 5G technology in healthcare. Current literature is scarce regarding SLAs for 5G and is absent regarding SLAs for 5G-enabled medical devices. This paper aims to bridge these gaps by identifying key challenges, providing insight, and describing open research questions related to SLAs in 5G and specifically 5G-healthcare systems. This is helpful to network service providers, users, and regulatory authorities in developing, managing, monitoring, and evaluating SLAs in 5G-enabled medical systems.

Published in IEEE Access

ISSN: 2169-3536 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
Website: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6287639

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