[May 14, 2013] Research and Markets Adds Report: Healthcare and Wireless ICT: M2M, WBAN and Underlying Technologies - Standards, Trends and Markets Tweet May 14, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Healthcare and Wireless ICT: M2M, WBAN and Underlying Technologies - Standards, Trends and Markets" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include: The healthcare cost is rising each year, and in the U.S. reached around 16 percent-17 percent of the GDP with the trend to add at least one percent each year. Wide utilization of wireless communications can reduce the healthcare cost by billions of dollars on an annual basis, keeping the high quality of services. Ambient Intelligence is a vision where environment becomes smart, friendly, context-aware and responsive to any type of human needs. In such a world, computing and networking technology coexist with people in a ubiquitous, friendly and pervasive way. Numerous miniature and interconnected smart devices create a new intelligence and interact with each other seamlessly. For healthcare, this translates into proliferation of remote monitoring and telemedicine; as well as M2M networking. The report addresses recent advances of wireless communications technologies for medical/fitness applications. Particular, it analyzes: - Status of M2M technologies, standardization and development for medical applications - Development and standardization of the wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) and Medical Body Area Network (WMBAN) Underlying technologies: - Bluetooth and its Medical Profile - ZigBee and its Medical Profile - Wi-Fi low-power consumption technology - Z-Wave, Ant and other technologies - Self-powered wireless sensors - Continua Health Care Alliance activities and wireless communications. The report concentrates on up-to-date progress of WICT (and particular M2M) integration with healthcare and wellness. It analyzes technologies and market characteristics, related standards, surveys industries and shows the importance of WICT in the process of healthcare transformation. The report emphasizes the necessity of further proliferation standardized wireless communications in medicine and wellness to reduce their cost and enhance quality of services. Key Topics Covered: 1.0 Introduction 2.0 M2M Specifics 3.0 M2M Standardization 4.0 M2M Industry 5.0 M2M Markets and Applications 6.0 WBAN/WMBAN - Features and Standardization 7.0 IEEE 802.15.1 (Bluetooth-BT) 8.0 ZigBee 9.0 Low-power Consumption Wi-Fi 10.0 Competition 11.0 Self-powered Wireless Sensors 12.0 Conclusions Companies Mentioned - Please click here to view a full list of companies features in this report - Aeon Labs - Aeris - Atech - Axeda - Bluegiga - Continua - Coronis - GE - Gemalto - Intel - Libelium - Medtronic - Nokia - Nonin - Numerex - Omron - RF Monolithics - Roving Networks - Siemens - Sigfox - Sigma Designs - Stollmann - Suunto - TI (Chipsets) - Toumaz - VitaMove - Vivago - Wireless Logic - Zarlink Research and Markets is a source for international market research reports and market data. Report information: http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3qhd5f/healthcare_and ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]