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About This Guide
• IntelliVue Telemetry System (ITS) - Cellular wireless architecture that
provides two-way communications between patient-worn transceivers,
wireless bedside patient monitors, and the IntelliVue Information
Center.
• I
ntelliVue Wireless Subnet - This term is used to describe the IntelliVue
Telemetry System (ITS) “network” that contains the infrastructure
used in a routed topology to connect the IntelliVue Telemetry System
devices.
• A
ccess Point (AP) - A network device that provides bi-directional
wireless access to the monitoring network for patient-worn
transceivers and wireless bedside monitors.
• A
ccess Point Controller (APC) - A network device used to manage the
operation of the Access Points. One APC is elected the Master APC.
The Master APC supports the web interface to the system and
manages the master configuration.
• A
ccess Point Group/AP Group - A logical grouping of APs. AP members
of the same AP Group will inherit common configuration settings
(defaults). AP groups will often map logically to the clinical units in
which the ITS is being installed.
• P
artnered APC - Configurable element within an AP Group used to
determine which APC will manage the operation of the AP members of
a particular AP Group.
• R
F Access Code - Configurable element in the Smart-hopping AP
defaults shared among APs and patient-worn transceivers to control
wireless access to the monitoring network. Portable devices will only
connect to access points with which they share access codes. The RF
Access Code allows a specific wireless client that is programmed with
a matching Access Point RF Access Code to connect to that Access
Point.
• S
ynchronization Unit - The Philips Sync Unit provides a necessary
common clock signal to synchronize all the IntelliVue Access Points in
the system. As patients ambulate around the hospital coverage area
their transmitted data are handed over from one AP to another
seamlessly without interruption or data loss.
• S
ystem ID - Configurable element in the APC Configuration to logically
associate Access Points and Access Point Controllers operating within
the same ITS.
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