A few years ago, my team faced a critical engineering challenge. We were managing a remote patient monitoring system where the edge telemetry device ran on Windows CE. In a pristine laboratory setting with low latency, the system was flawless. It continuously streamed vital signs (ECG, SpO2, and heart rate) to a central supervisor monitoring dashboard. However, once deployed into the field—where devices relied on erratic rural broadband, satellite links, or congested cellular towers—the syst...