earch Future, the telemedicine market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 16.5% from 2017 to 2023. The study determined that the reason for the predicted increase is demand in rural areas for healthcare, as well as a rise in government initiatives for people in rural areas, with doctors located several miles away. However, medical images generally use very large file sizes which need high bandwidth and thus causes an additional burden on the existing network, resulting in congestion. 5G technology has potential to overcome this issue with high data rates, low latency, and high bandwidth and durability per unit area [1]. 5G wireless embraces a heterogeneous set of integrated air interfaces and relies on new technologies, namely, mobile edge computing, fog computing, software defined 5G in Healthcare Heterogeneous Core Network Wired Backhaul Network Center FIGURE 1.1 A generic 5G communication network based architecture for healthcare applications. (Adapted from [5, 6].) radio, device-to-device (D2D) communications, and the like, to achieve high per- formance, scalability, and intelligence. 5G promises to provide ultra-reliable services and transform the user-centric net- work to a massive machine-centric network by enabling billions of devices. Basically, 5G is much more than simply a next generation technology, it is much more trans- formative. 5G networks combine cellular and satellite solutions to offer a high level of flexibility and a uniform spectrum for a wide range of frequencies ranging from lower GHz to millimeter waves and beyond. 1.2 5G ARCHITECTURE AND KEY TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEALTHCARE 5G technology is envisaged to provide high data rates and ultra-low latency which opens up applications in many areas of interest to human beings, one important area finding variety of applications is healthcare [4-8]. Latency plays an important role in healthcare applications such as robotic surgery and is critical in applications involving remote surgery. The generic architecture of the 5G network is