TOPIC
Protocols
6 entries across the knowledge base
WebRTCThe browser standard for real-time audio, video and data — the engine inside nearly every telemedicine consultation.concept · 3 min · foundationWebSocketOne TCP connection, kept open, messages flowing both ways — how dashboards get live vitals without polling.concept · 2 min · foundationgRPCA fast binary RPC framework over HTTP/2 — how backend microservices call each other when JSON-over-REST is too slow or too loose.concept · 3 min · practitioner
MQTTThe lightweight publish/subscribe protocol that moves device telemetry — the lingua franca of medical IoT.concept · 3 min · foundationCoAPHTTP's tiny cousin for constrained devices — request/response over UDP when even MQTT is too heavy.concept · 3 min · foundationBluetooth Low Energy & GATTHow your pulse oximeter actually talks to a phone: BLE radio plus the GATT data model of services and characteristics.concept · 4 min · foundation