MedConnect: when the internet is on a diet, but video still has to keep working

At MedConnect, we ran into a classic mobile network problem: the patient’s connection jumps around like a crypto chart. We handled it like this: we introduced adaptive bitrate — if the channel degrades, the video doesn’t break up, it just lowers quality. In medicine, that matters: it’s better to see a slightly blurry image than lose the connection entirely.

But there’s a catch: for diagnostics, details matter — skin, swelling, rashes. So we added face detection + quality boost: the system automatically identifies the important area and locally increases quality exactly there. We don’t “spend” bitrate on empty space; we boost what the doctor actually needs.

To make all of this work even on harsh networks, we connected TURN servers — they get the connection through NAT and firewalls when regular P2P has already given up.

Result: more stable calls, smarter traffic usage, and a better chance that the doctor sees what matters on the first try.