According to the firms, it is the industry's first 5G intelligent edge cloud platform, employing a cloud-network integrated architecture.
The platform can be used to support remote diagnosis and surgery, AI assistance, mobile medicine and surgical instruction, thanks to the “highly reliable” 5G connection. Further capabilities allow for big data management and medical application systems on the edge cloud can be quickly interconnected, with their data being calculated, stored, and managed flexibly as required.
By integrating 5G slicing and edge computing, the platform can meet core capability requirements for connection, computing, storage, middle platform, service and security in the medical industry. With a one-stop-shop approach, it provides “manageable and controllable cloud-network integrated services”.
“The 5G edge cloud deployed on the user side can effectively shorten the network route and greatly reduce network delay. In addition, the highly reliable connection guarantee capability of the 5G private network enables innovative medical applications,” a statement from ZTE read.
“The 5G medical edge cloud can also significantly reduce the cost of medical informatization by means of the unified cloud-based deployment of various medical application systems. The open architecture of the 5G medical edge cloud can provide various applications with standard interfaces and provide hospitals with integrated smart medical solutions, thus building a smart medical application ecosystem,” the statement continued.
The developments follow the establishment of a 5G Innovation Lab, operated by ZTE and China Mobile (Chengdu) Industrial Research Institute. Here the two firms explore industry-dedicated network technologies and MEC (Multi-access edge computing) in addition to 5G slicing, MEC, XR, and other technologies.
The 5G edge cloud is expected to become central to China Mobile's next-generation 5G smart hospital solutions, and facilitate the industry development of “medical informatization”.
Moving forward, ZTE said it will “continue to strengthen cooperation with China Mobile, and work with industry partners to provide better network services and smarter applications”. ZTE will continue to promote the construction of new ICT infrastructure in the healthcare sector while facilitating the development of the telemedicine industry, so as to create a new era of 5G smart healthcare.
