Health informatics - Personal health device communication - Part 20601: Application profile - Optimized exchange protocol (ISO/IEEE 11073-20601:2010)

ISO/IEEE 11703-20601:2010 defines a common framework for making an abstract model of personal health data available in transport-independent transfer syntax required to establish logical connections between systems and to provide presentation capabilities and services needed to perform communication tasks. The protocol is optimized to personal health usage requirements and leverages commonly used methods and tools wherever possible.
ISO/IEEE 11703-20601:2010 addresses a need for an openly defined, independent standard for converting the information profile into an interoperable transmission format so the information can be exchanged to and from personal telehealth devices and computer engines (e.g., cell phones, personal computers, personal health appliances and set top boxes).

Medizinische Informatik - Kommunikation von Geräten für die persönliche Gesundheit - Teil 20601: Anwendungsprofil - Optimiertes Datenübertragungsprotokoll (ISO/IEEE 11073-20601:2010)

Informatique de santé - Communication entre dispositifs de santé personnels - Partie 20601: Profil d'application - Protocole d'échange optimisé (ISO/IEEE 11073-20601:2010)

L'ISO/IEEE 11073-20601:2010 définit un cadre commun, pour rendre disponible un modèle abstrait de données relatives à la santé personnelle dans une syntaxe de transfert indépendante du transport requise pour établir des connexions logiques entre systèmes et pour fournir des capacités et des services de présentation nécessaires pour effectuer les tâches de communication. Le protocole est optimisé pour répondre aux exigences des utilisations relatives à la santé des personnes et s'appuie dans la mesure du possible sur des méthodes et des outils couramment utilisés.
L'ISO/IEEE 11073-20601:2010 répond à la nécessité d'une norme indépendante définie de manière ouverte permettant de convertir le profil d'information en informant les transmissions internes opérables de sorte que les informations puissent être transmises vers des dispositifs personnels de télésanté et des moteurs informatiques.

Zdravstvena informatika - Komunikacija osebnih medicinskih naprav - 20601. del: Profil aplikacije - Optimalni protokol izmenjave podatkov (ISO/IEEE 11073-20601:2010)

V okviru konteksta družine standardov ISO/IEEE 11073 za komunikacijo med napravami ta standard določa splošno ogrodje za izdelavo abstraktnega modela osebnih zdravstvenih podatkov, ki so na voljo v prenosni sintaksi, neodvisni od transporta, potrebni za vzpostavitev logičnih povezav med sistemi in za zagotovitev zmožnosti predstavitve in storitev, potrebnih za izvajanje komunikacijskih nalog. Protokol je optimiziran za osebne medicinske zahteve za uporabo in izkorišča, kadar je mogoče, splošno uporabljene metode in orodja.

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EN ISO 11073-20601:2011 is a standard published by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). Its full title is "Health informatics - Personal health device communication - Part 20601: Application profile - Optimized exchange protocol (ISO/IEEE 11073-20601:2010)". This standard covers: ISO/IEEE 11703-20601:2010 defines a common framework for making an abstract model of personal health data available in transport-independent transfer syntax required to establish logical connections between systems and to provide presentation capabilities and services needed to perform communication tasks. The protocol is optimized to personal health usage requirements and leverages commonly used methods and tools wherever possible. ISO/IEEE 11703-20601:2010 addresses a need for an openly defined, independent standard for converting the information profile into an interoperable transmission format so the information can be exchanged to and from personal telehealth devices and computer engines (e.g., cell phones, personal computers, personal health appliances and set top boxes).

ISO/IEEE 11703-20601:2010 defines a common framework for making an abstract model of personal health data available in transport-independent transfer syntax required to establish logical connections between systems and to provide presentation capabilities and services needed to perform communication tasks. The protocol is optimized to personal health usage requirements and leverages commonly used methods and tools wherever possible. ISO/IEEE 11703-20601:2010 addresses a need for an openly defined, independent standard for converting the information profile into an interoperable transmission format so the information can be exchanged to and from personal telehealth devices and computer engines (e.g., cell phones, personal computers, personal health appliances and set top boxes).

EN ISO 11073-20601:2011 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 35.240.80 - IT applications in health care technology. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN ISO 11073-20601
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
March 2011
ICS 35.240.80
English Version
Health informatics - Personal health device communication -
Part 20601: Application profile - Optimized exchange protocol
(ISO/IEEE 11073-20601:2010)
Informatique de santé - Communication entre dispositifs de Medizinische Informatik - Kommunikation von Geräten für
santé personnels - Partie 20601: Profil d'application - die persönliche Gesundheit - Teil 20601: Anwendungsprofil
Protocole d'échange optimisé (ISO/IEEE 11073- - Optimiertes Datenübertragungsprotokoll (ISO/IEEE
20601:2010) 11073-20601:2010)
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Foreword .3

Foreword
The text of ISO/IEEE 11073-20601:2010 has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 215 “Health
informatics” of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and has been taken over as EN ISO
11073-20601:2011 by Technical Committee CEN/TC 251 “Health informatics” the secretariat of which is held
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The text of ISO/IEEE 11073-20601:2010 has been approved by CEN as a EN ISO 11073-20601:2011 without
any modification.
INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEEE
STANDARD 11073-20601
First edition
2010-05-01
Health informatics — Personal health
device communication —
Part 20601:
Application profile — Optimized
exchange protocol
Informatique de santé — Communication entre dispositifs de santé
personnels —
Partie 20601: Profil d'application — Protocole d'échange optimisé

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Foreword. vi
Introduction. viii
1. Overview. 1
1.1 Scope. 1
1.2 Purpose. 1
1.3 Context. 2
2. Normative references . 5
3. Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations. 5
3.1 Definitions. 5
3.2 Acronyms and abbreviations. 5
4. Guiding principles. 6
5. Introduction to IEEE 11073 personal health devices . 7
5.1 General. 7
5.2 Domain information model (DIM). 8
5.3 Service model. 8
5.4 Communication model. 8
6. Personal health device DIM. 8
6.1 General. 8
6.2 Nomenclature usage. 9
6.3 Personal health object class definitions. 10
6.3.1 General . 10
6.3.2 MDS class . 12
6.3.3 Metric class. 18
6.3.4 Numeric class . 23
6.3.5 RT-SA class. 26
6.3.6 Enumeration class. 27
6.3.7 PM-store class . 30
6.3.8 PM-segment class. 34
6.3.9 Scanner classes . 37
6.4 Information model extensibility rules . 45
7. Personal health device service model . 45
7.1 General. 45
7.2 Association service . 46
7.3 Object access services. 46
7.4 Specific application of object access EVENT REPORT services for personal health devices . 47
7.4.1 General . 47
7.4.2 Confirmed and unconfirmed event reports. 47
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7.4.3 Configuration event report . 47
7.4.4 Agent- and manager-initiated measurement data transmission . 49
7.4.5 Variable, fixed, and grouped format event reports . 50
7.4.6 Single-person and multiple-person event reports . 50
7.4.7 Temporarily stored measurements. 51
8. Communication model. 52
8.1 General. 52
8.2 System context . 52
8.3 Communications characteristics. 53
8.3.1 General . 53
8.3.2 Common communications characteristics . 55
8.3.3 Reliable communications characteristics. 55
8.3.4 Best-effort communications characteristics. 56
8.4 State machines. 56
8.4.1 Agent state machine . 56
8.4.2 Manager state machine . 59
8.4.3 Timeout variables . 60
8.5 Connected procedure. 61
8.5.1 General . 61
8.5.2 Entry conditions . 61
8.5.3 Normal procedures . 61
8.5.4 Exit conditions. 61
8.5.5 Error conditions. 62
8.6 Unassociated procedure . 62
8.6.1 General . 62
8.6.2 Entry conditions . 62
8.6.3 Normal procedures . 62
8.6.4 Exit conditions. 62
8.6.5 Error conditions. 62
8.7 Associating procedure. 63
8.7.1 General . 63
8.7.2 Entry conditions . 63
8.7.3 Normal procedures . 63
8.7.4 Exit conditions. 67
8.7.5 Error conditions. 67
8.7.6 Test association . 67
8.8 Configuring procedure . 69
8.8.1 General . 69
8.8.2 Entry conditions . 69
8.8.3 Normal procedures . 69
8.8.4 Exit conditions. 71
8.8.5 Error conditions. 71
8.9 Operating procedure. 72
8.9.1 General . 72
8.9.2 Entry conditions . 72
8.9.3 Normal procedures . 72
8.9.4 Exit conditions. 83
8.9.5 Error conditions. 83
8.10 Disassociating procedure . 85
8.10.1 General . 85
8.10.2 Entry conditions . 85
8.10.3 Normal procedures . 85
8.10.4 Exit conditions. 85
8.10.5 Error conditions. 86
8.11 Message encoding. 86
8.12 Time coordination . 86
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8.12.1 General . 86
8.12.2 Absolute time . 86
8.12.3 Relative time. 88
8.12.4 High-resolution relative time. 89
9. Conformance model. 89
9.1 Applicability . 89
9.2 Conformance specification. 90
9.3 Implementation conformance statements (ICSs) . 90
9.4 General conformance . 90
9.4.1 General ICS . 91
9.4.2 Minimum requirements ICS . 92
9.4.3 Service support ICS. 93
9.5 Device additions/extensions ICS. 94
9.5.1 General additions/extensions ICS. 94
9.5.2 Personal health device DIM object and class (POC) ICS. 95
9.5.3 POC attribute ICS. 95
9.5.4 POC behavior ICS . 96
9.5.5 POC notification ICS. 96
9.5.6 POC nomenclature ICS . 97
Annex A (normative) ASN.1 definitions . 98
Annex B (informative) Scale and range specification example . 130
Annex C (informative) The PM-store concept. 132
Annex D (informative) Transport profile types . 137
Annex E (normative) State tables . 140
Annex F (normative) Medical device encoding rules (MDER) . 151
Annex G (informative) Encoded data type definitions . 163
Annex H (informative) Examples. 182
Annex I (normative) Nomenclature codes . 190
Annex J (informative) Derivation and modification history. 194
Annex K (informative) Bibliography. 197

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Foreword
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Committee ISO/TC 215, Health informatics, in parallel with its approval by the ISO member
bodies, under the “fast-track procedure” defined in the Partner Standards Development
Organization cooperation agreement between ISO and IEEE. Both parties are responsible for the
maintenance of this document.
ISO/IEEE 11073 consists of the following parts, under the general title Health informatics —
Personal health device communication (text in parentheses gives a variant of subtitle):
— Part 10101: (Point-of-care medical device communication) Nomenclature
— Part 10201: Domain information model
— Part 10404: Device specialization — Pulse oximeter
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— Part 10407: Device specialization — Blood pressure monitor
— Part 10408: (Point-of-care medical device communication) Device specialization —
Thermometer
— Part 10415: (Point-of-care medical device communication) Device specialization — Weighing
scale
— Part 10417: Device specialization — Glucose meter
— Part 10471: (Point-of-care medical device communication) Device specialization —
Independant living activity hub
— Part 20101: (Point-of-care medical device communication) Application profiles — Base
standard
— Part 20601: (Point-of-care medical device communication) Application profile — Optimized
exchange protocol
— Part 30200: (Point-of-care medical device communication) Transport profile — Cable
connected
— Part 30300: (Point-of-care medical device communication) Transport profile — Infrared
wireless
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Introduction
ISO and IEEE 11073 standards enable communication between medical devices and external computer
systems. This standard and corresponding IEEE 11073-104zz standards address a need for a simplified and
optimized communication approach for personal health devices, which may or may not be regulated
devices. These standards align with, and draw upon, the existing clinically focused standards to provide
easy management of data from either a clinical or personal health device.
This document addresses a need for an openly defined, independent standard for converting the collected
information into an interoperable transmission format so the information can be exchanged between agents
and managers.
Other closely related standards include the following:
a
⎯ ISO/IEEE P11073-00103 [B8] provides an overview of the personal health space and defines the
underlying use cases and usage models.
⎯ ISO/IEEE 11073-10101 [B12] documents the nomenclature terms that can be used.
⎯ ISO/IEEE 11073-10201:2004 [B13] documents the extensive domain information model (DIM)
leveraged by this standard.
⎯ ISO/IEEE 11073-104zz standards define specific device specializations. For example, ISO/IEEE
P11073-10404 [B9] defines how interoperable pulse oximeters work.
⎯ ISO/IEEE 11073-20101:2004 [B14] defines the medical device encoding rules (MDER) used in this
standard.
a
The numbers in brackets correspond to the numbers of the bibliography in Annex K.
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Part 20601:
Application profile — Optimized exchange protocol
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1. Overview
1.1 Scope
Within the context of the ISO/IEEE 11073 family of standards for device communication, this standard
defines a common framework for making an abstract model of personal health data available in transport-
independent transfer syntax required to establish logical connections between systems and to provide
presentation capabilities and services needed to perform communication tasks. The protocol is optimized to
personal health usage requirements and leverages commonly used methods and tools wherever possible.
1.2 Purpose
This document addresses a need for an openly defined, independent standard for converting the information
profile into an interoperable transmission format so the information can be exchanged to and from personal
telehealth devices and compute engines (e.g., cell phones, personal computers, personal health appliances,
and set top boxes).
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1.3 Context
Figure 1 shows categories and typical devices supporting the personal health space. Agents (e.g., blood
pressure monitors, weighing scales, and pedometers) collect information about a person (or persons) and
transfer the information to a manager (e.g., cell phone, health appliance, or personal computer) for
collection, display, and possible later transmission. The manager may also forward the data to remote
support services for further analysis. The information is available from a range of domains including
disease management, health and fitness, or aging independently applications.
The communication path between agent and manager is assumed to be a logical point-to-point connection.
Generally, an agent communicates with a single manager at any point in time. A manager may
communicate with multiple agents simultaneously using separate point-to-point connections.
The overlay shows the focus area of the IEEE 11073™ Personal Health Devices Working Group. The
primary concentration is the interface and data exchange between the agents and manager. However, this
interface cannot be created in isolation by ignoring the remainder of the solution space. Remaining
cognizant of the entire system helps to ensure that data can reasonably move from the agents all the way to
the remote support services when necessary. This path may include converting the data format, exchange
protocols, and transport protocols across different interfaces. Much of the standardization effort is outside
of the scope of the Personal Health Devices Working Group; however, aligning all standardization efforts
allows data to flow seamlessly through the overall set of systems.

Figure 1 —Overall context of work

Figure 2 shows a hierarchical view of the architecture of an agent or manager superimposed with a view of
the related standards. The application layers are, for the most part, not specific to any particular transport.
Where necessary, this standard identifies assumptions that require direct support by a transport or a “shim”
layer above the transport. This approach allows support for various transports. The definition of the
transports is outside the scope of this standard and the working group.
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Above the transport layer is the Optimized Exchange Protocol (described in this standard). This protocol
consists of two aspects: the application layer services and the definition of the data exchange protocol
between agents and managers. The application layer services provide the protocol for connection
management and reliable transfer of actions and data between agent and manager. The data exchange
protocol defines the commands, agent configuration information, data format, and overall protocol. The
Optimized Exchange Protocol provides the basis to support any type of agent. For a specific device type,
the reader is directed to the device specialization for that agent to understand the capabilities of the device
and its implementation according to this standard. The device specialization indicates which aspects of this
standard to comprehend and where further information to implement the device is found.
Above the exchange protocol are device specializations that describe specific details relative to the
particular agent (e.g., blood pressure monitor, weighing scale, or pedometer). The specializations describe
the details of how these agents work and act as a detailed description for creating a specific type of agent.
Additionally, they provide reference to a related standard for further details. The standard numbers reserved
for device specializations range from IEEE Std 11073-10401 through IEEE Std 11073-10499, inclusive.
When the collection of standards is being referenced, the term IEEE 11073-104zz is used where zz could be
any number in the range from 01 to 99, inclusive.
The ISO/IEEE P11073-00103 [B8] technical report describes the overall personal health space with further
definition of the underlying use cases and usage models.

Figure 2 —Document map
The personal health device specializations are not being created independently of all other standards. There
are a number of existing standards generated for clinical environments upon which these standards draw.
Figure 3 shows the relationship to the remainder of the IEEE 11073 documents. There are two types of
relationships:
The numbers in brackets correspond to the numbers of the bibliography in Annex K.
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⎯ Drawing ideas and/or content from the other documents (dashed lines)
⎯ Leveraging information from the other document and introducing new content into that document to
support this standard (solid lines)

This standard imports information from ISO/IEEE 11073-10201:2004 [B13] and ISO/IEEE 11073-
20101:2004 [B14] as normative annexes. If there is a discrepancy between these standards, this standard
takes priority. Because of the reuse of constructs from these standards, some of the names appear to be
more clinically focused [e.g., medical device system (MDS) instead of personal health device system];
however, to maintain consistency, the traditional names have been preserved.
This standard replicates relevant portions of ISO/IEEE 11073-10101 [B12] and incorporates new
nomenclature codes.
Figure 3 —Relationship to other IEEE 11073 documents
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2. Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this standard (i.e., they must
be understood and used; therefore, each referenced document is cited in the text and its relationship to this
standard is explained). For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest
edition of the referenced document (including any amendments or corrigenda) applies. ®
IEEE Std 802 -2001, IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Overview and
Architecture.
ITU-T Rec. X.667 (Sept. 2004), Information technology – Open Systems Interconnection – Procedures for
the operation of OSI Registration Authorities: Generation and registration of universally unique identifiers
(UUIDs) and their use as ASN.1 object identifier components.
3. Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of this standard, the following terms and definitions apply. The Authoritative Dictionary of
IEEE Standards [B6] should be referenced for terms not defined in this clause.
3.1.1 agent: A node that collects and transmits personal health data to an associated manager.
3.1.2 compute engine: See: manager.
3.1.3 confirmed: An application-level, completion notification service mechanism. For EVENT REPORT
services (i.e., the data plane), confirmation allows the agent to know when the manager has “accepted
responsibility” for a piece of data so that the agent can delete that data. For the ACTION, GET, and SET
services (i.e., the control plane), confirmation allows the manager to know when the agent has “completed”
the requested transaction.
3.1.4 device: A physical device implementing either an agent or manager role.
3.1.5 handle: An unsigned 16-bit number that is locally unique and identifies one of the object instances
within an agent.
3.1.6 manager: A node receiving data from one or more agent systems. Examples of managers include a
cellular phone, health appliance, set top box, or computer system.
3.1.7 personal health device: A device used in personal health applications.
3.1.8 personal telehealth device: See: personal health device.
3.2 Acronyms and abbreviations
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One
APDU application protocol data unit

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ISO/IEEE 11073-20601:2010(E)
AVA attribute value assertion
BER binary encoding rules
DIM domain information model
EUI-64 extended unique identifier (64 bits)
GMDN Global Medical Device Nomenclature
ICS implementation conformance statement
ID identifier
LSB least significant bit
MDER medical device encoding rules
MDNF medical device numeric format
MDS medical device system
MOC medical object class
MSB most significant bit
NaN not a number
NBO network byte order
NRes not at this resolution
NTP Network Time Protocol
OID object identifier
OUI organizationally unique identifier
PDU protocol data unit
PER packed encoding rules
POC personal health device domain information model object and class
RC retry count: association procedure
assoc
RTC real-time clock
RT-SA real-time sample array
SNTP Simple Network Time Protocol
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TO timeout: association procedure
assoc
TO timeout: confirmed action service
ca
TO timeout: confirmed event report service for the MDS object
cer-mds
TO timeout: confirmed event report service for the PM-store object
cer-pms
TO timeout:
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