Performance evaluation of WebRTC-based online consultation platform

Authors : Ergün Alperay TARIM, Hüseyin Cumhur TEKİN

Pages : 4314-4327

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Information technologies give patients the opportunity to communicate with medical professionals remotely. Telemedicine uses these technologies to provide advanced healthcare and medical services. We present a medical online consultation application based on Web Real-Time Communications insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(WebRTC); technology enabling chat, audio, and video calls. Communication architecture and protocols of the application are explained in detail. Additionally, the user interface of the application is shown via performed calls. The application is tested and evaluated on different network connections insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(3G, 4G, local, and DSL); and different browsers and mobile operating systems insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Android, Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, iOS, Opera, Safari);. During calls, communication quality parameters such as round-trip time insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(RTT); and packet loss, obtained via the WebRTC application programming interface, are analyzed. 3G, 4G, and local connections show low packet losses insert ignore into journalissuearticles values($$1 %); in Android, Chrome, iOS, Opera, and Safari for DSL connection, but RTT values are low insert ignore into journalissuearticles values($
Keywords : WebRTC, online consultation, video call, cross platform, telemedicine