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The last few decades witnessed tremendous developments in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), mainly in the area of public networks, speed of access, data security, and accessibility of channels.

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Gupta, R., Mitra, M., Bera, J. (2014). ECG Transmission. In: ECG Acquisition and Automated Remote Processing. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1557-8_4

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