The Tactile Internet

46G for Tactile Internet

Pinar KIRCI¹ and Tara ALI-YAHIYA²

¹Department of Computer Engineering, Bursa Uludağ University, Turkey

²Department of Computer Science, University of Paris-Saclay, France

Although 6G, or the 6th generation standard for wireless communication technologies, is in development, it is considered to be the key enabler for the TI. Not only will the technology provide high data rates to various applications that can be drivers for use cases of IEEE 1918.1 but it will also introduce intelligence into all the network layers. Since AI is the core functionality of some TI use cases that require the prediction of some reaction from the slave domain, 6G can be seen as the network domain of choice for the TI. In this chapter, we will explain the role of 6G as a new key enabler for the TI and its applications.

4.1. Introduction

The continuous improvement of network technology and the digitization of the economy are key drivers of 6G networks. Automated networks need paradigm changes in communication network management, where communication and computation should eventually merge. This will lead to an increase in user satisfaction, and will ultimately provide new, smaller domains for local and efficient service provisioning (e.g. private networks). Development efforts for 5G concepts, technologies and products converted the fabric of cellular networks with the introduction of eMBB, URLLC and mMTC for more dedicated services.

The novel technology areas in 6G will extend ...