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Slow delivery of critical medical supplies and equipment

Sequence Number 8 Industry Healthcare Banner Slow delivery of critical medical supplies and equipment How 5G enabled

Use of autonomous drones to enable efficient delivery of medical supplies and equipment.

Data Flows
Title Devices Icon Devices Description
  • Drones used to transport critical medical supplies/equipment needed during emergencies
Title Connectivity Icon Connectivity Description
  • Low latency, high bandwidth capabilities of 5G to support unmanned drone operation
Title Edge Compute Icon Edge Compute Description
  • Utilisation of edge computing for real-time AI-based route navigation
Title Cloud Compute & Storage Icon Cloud Compute & Storage Description
  • All data captured from the edge is stored in the Enterprise cloud storage
Title Applications & Services Icon Applications & Services Description
  • AI algorithms are used to perform analysis on flight paths to improve delivery times
Title Inform Decision Makers Icon Inform Decision Makers Description
  • Real-time alerts and reporting on delivery of equipment
Title Support Decision Making Icon Support Decision Making Description
  • End of process
Application Logic
Description
  • Upon receiving request from paramedics, A&E personnel would load the necessary supplies and equipment on the drone with the location for delivery.
Description
  • Programmed AI models enabled by 5G would navigate the drone to its point of destination without human intervention.
Description
  • Upon arrival, an alert would be sent to the receiver to collect the packaged equipment with concurrent updates made to the sender.
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