Turnkey operation
Radio access network (RAN) equipment maker Baicells and Internet of Things (IoT) device designer JACS are to create a special private 5G network for the health sector. As hospitals and research labs accumulate legions of critical sensors, cameras and other intelligence gatherers and environment controllers private networks offer the most practical option for maintain standards of availability, performance and security.
As applications like augmented reality put ever more strain on networks the only way to keep the body of the hospital responsive is to prescribe LTE and 5G private networks. In addition, these 5G private networks offer far greater protection against infection from cyber-attacks and stem the bleeding of personal information. in response Baicells and JACS have created a ready-made (turnkey) omnipresent network using the former’s experience in citizen’s band radio systems, which it has long been a vocal advocate of.
Baicell’s CBRS-based networks now support 500 commercial networks across the US, serving both public operators and private enterprises. The paths of CBRS and private 5G networks have converged and the knowledge of of how signalling navigates the unique structures of big and small enterprises can be applied to health services. Hospitals have their own unique challenges given the high concentration of a diversity of equipment ranging from MRI scanners to robotic surgeons. The former creates gargantuan data files, while the latter needs microsecond response times.
Health services must push beyond their legacy Wi-Fi networks with new use cases and better performance, to help transform their business, according to Tony Eigen, VP of Marketing at Baicells. Augmented reality is a fantasy outside of LTE and 5G private networks. “JACS really does highlight that not all wireless platforms are created equal, and sometimes you need a custom solution to meet the specific needs of your business,” said Eigen, VP of Marketing at Baicells.
JACS is like a good hospital consultant, who listens to the patient, assesses their needs and prescribes a solution to improve their circulation in ways that no other OEM can, according to Chang-Gang Zhang, technology VP at JACS Solutions. “Baicells shares that customer-first approach to building their private network solutions so combining our platforms into a turnkey package ensures that our mutual clients will be successful in their deployments.”