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IntelliVue Wireless 802.11 Solution
Technical Data Sheet
Description
IntelliVue Patient Monitors using 802.11 can coexist
with other wireless devices such as VoIP phones and
mobile appliances on a customer’s enterprise
WLAN. A robust and high availability WLAN is
required to support the physiological waves,
parameters and alarms transmitted from IntelliVue
Patient Monitors.
Features
• Leverage existing hospital WLAN
• Operate on 802.11 a/b/g networks
• Utilize advanced encryption and authentication
including WPA2-PSK and WPA2-Enterprise
• Enable wireless QoS with support for WMM
(Wireless MultiMedia)
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Planning and Preparing Your Network
The following are important considerations when planning and
preparing the hospital network for a patient monitoring system:
• Discuss expectations and requirements with the clinical users for
physiological monitoring.
• Involve information technology staff early to align wireless strategy
and decisions and prepare for any potential updates to the wireless
network to support a patient monitoring system.
• Review the IntelliVue Customer-supplied Clinical Network (CSCN)
Specifications.
Service Offerings
Philips offers a variety of wireless networking and product-related
services for the IntelliVue Patient Monitoring solution based on Philips
strong experience with deploying life critical clinical systems.
For customers that want to use their enterprise WLAN on which to
run Philips 802.11 IntelliVue Patient Monitors, Philips requires a radio
frequency (RF) survey to identify whether the network can support the
robust requirements of life critical data. Philips can review an existing
RF Survey for compliance with the Philips specification.
Philips networking services include:
• Network design consultation
• Verify that the current or planned hospital infrastructure complies
with the Philips approved 802.11 vendor models and software
versions.
• Determine coverage area, including in-room bathrooms, corridors
and transport areas.
• Complete an RF site survey to verify that all Philips RF requirements
are met.
• Assess compatibility requirements among wireless solutions to avoid
coexistence issues.
• Agree on change control, maintenance and management
responsibilities among biomedical engineering and information
technology staff.
• Consider hospital policies, procedures and standards for wireless
medical devices including safety, security and privacy.
• Perform risk assessment for connecting wireless medical devices to
the hospital network.
•Network evaluation
•Radio frequency site survey
• Remote go-live assistance
Helpful Resources
When considering operating IntelliVue Patient Monitors on your
enterprise network, there are a number of resources available to
provide additional guidance. They include:
• IEC 80001-2-3: Application of risk management for IT-networks
incorporating medical devices -- Guidance for wireless networks
• IEC 80001-1:2010 Application of risk management for IT-networks
incorporating medical devices -- Part 1: Roles, responsibilities and
activities
• IEC 60601-1-1 - Medical Electrical Equipment Part 1-1: General
Requirements for Safety
• AAMI TIR-18:2010 Guidance on electromagnetic compatibility of
medical devices in healthcare facilities
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Specification Summary
The following table lists the networking capabilities and requirements
these specifications and their impact on a hospital’s WLAN must be
completed as part of the network qualification process.
for the IntelliVue Patient Monitoring solution. Careful considerations of
IntelliVue Patient Monitors
Refer to Philips for product ordering guide for further information
Requirement Specification
Wireless Protocol IEEE 802.11a/b/g
WLAN vendor interoperability Required
a
RF Site Survey Required
SSID Dedicated
RSSI ≥ -67 dBm
Signal to noise ratio ≥ 25 dB
Co-channel separation ≥ 20 dB
b
Security
WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA2-Enterprise
802.1X Authenticationc EAP Types TTLS
PEAP-MS-CHAPv2
Certificate check must be enabled
Average network traffic generated per device < 40 kbps
IP address assignment DHCP
Packet latency ≤ 100 milliseconds between IntelliVue Patient Monitor and PIIC iX
Jitter ≤ 5%
QoS Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM)
VOICE or VIDEO WMM category recommended
Multicast traffic Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP), version 2 only
Cisco Group Management Protocol (CGMP)
a
Philips tests interoperability with WLAN vendors and defines compatibility with model number and software revisions
b
Available security protocols are dependant upon the software version.
c
When WPA2-Enterprise is used.
Although not a comprehensive list, the following capabilities are not
currently supported and may attribute to compatibility or performance
issues:
• Cisco Compatible Extensions (CCX)
• Admission Control (WMM-AC)
• Transmit Power Control
• Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)
Adherence to requirements
Additional details on all requirements are included in the CSCN
specification document. Failure to meet any of the requirements listed
in the CSCN Specification may result in the delay or loss of critical
patient data or alarms without warning, which can delay diagnosis or
treatment and result in life-threatening and irreversible injury to
patients.
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