Grant: Alliance Grants

In this project we will design, implement, and validate a framework consisting of smart applications that will optimally control, allocate resources, and enforce security for Radio Access Networks (RANs) in healthcare centers. Relying on VMware's RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) and powered by artificial intelligence (AI), these applications will meet stringent requirements of healthcare services. Such framework will jointly improve communications and computing services in healthcare centers, as well as provide security with respect to the rapid adoption of next-generation mobile services (e.g. 5G) and edge computing in the healthcare sector. The findings of the project will be assessed in Humanitas's R&D Lab in Montreal, VMware's Innovation Center, and in our experimental RAN installed at Charles-Le Moyne hospital located in the Greater Montreal Area. This project will provide the means to improve healthcare services in our country, reducing costs and supporting innovative applications such as telemedicine and augmented reality for medical training. Powered by AI and Open RAN technologies, this project will contribute to solving the very challenging issue of connected and equitably-distributed healthcare service in our society.