Resources Variability in m-Health Services: An Adaptive Method for QoS Control

The analysis of new e-health services in mobile environments (m-Health services) where resources are usually limited and network conditions are continuously changing, require a specific technical evaluation in order to guarantee Quality of Service (QoS). This work quantifies QoS levels depending on available resources and proposes a methodology for selecting which simultaneous telemedicine applications fulfill a set of predefined requirements. The results obtained permit to develop adaptive mechanisms and strategies for selecting the best combinations of services and application codecs according to the varying network resources.