AN APPLICATION SERVER FOR DISPATCHING PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS IN A HOSPITAL, IN A REAL TIME

摘要

An application server (AS) for dispatching physiological signals in a hospital, in real time, this hospital comprising a local area network infrastructure (HN) with a virtual local area (VN) supporting voice over IP telephony application, comprises: - means for receiving packets containing samples of a physiological signal via a first terminal (IPP1) connected to the virtual local area (VN) supporting voice over IP, - means for de-encapsulating a received packet containing samples of said physiological signal, at the real time transport protocol level, - means for creating a second packet containing samples of said physiological signal, and forwarding the second packet back at least to the first terminal (IPP1).