Review
Chemistry, Analytical
Agbotiname Lucky Imoize, Oluwadara Adedeji, Nistha Tandiya, Sachin Shetty
Summary: Researchers are developing 6G wireless communication standards to address the limited data speed challenge faced by 5G networks. Key disruptive technologies in 6G will bring new applications in agriculture, education, media, logistics, and other fields. Additionally, 6G is expected to significantly contribute to global sustainability and bring about dramatic changes in the business arena.
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Computer Science, Information Systems
Gaurang Bansal, Karthik Rajgopal, Vinay Chamola, Zehui Xiong, Dusit Niyato
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed limitations in existing healthcare systems, leading to an increase in healthcare innovation and the use of metaverse technology to provide alternative healthcare systems. This paper presents a comprehensive survey of the latest developments in the healthcare industry using the metaverse, covering seven domains. It reviews metaverse applications, discusses technical issues and available solutions in each domain, and emphasizes the challenges that need to be addressed before fully embracing the metaverse in the healthcare industry.
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Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
Moayad Aloqaily, Ouns Bouachir, Ismaeel Al Ridhawi, Mohsen Guizani
Summary: The advancements in computational capabilities, communication, and data management technologies have accelerated the realization of the metaverse vision. This article proposes an intelligent and flexible architecture that enables dynamic end-to-end orchestration of available network and computing resources, and discusses the challenges and future directions of metaverse orchestration when applying 6G.
Article
Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
Jingze Che, Zhaoyang Zhang, Zhaohui Yang, Xiaoming Chen, Caijun Zhong
Summary: Multiple access technology is crucial for efficient and reliable user access in communication systems. However, conventional technologies are not suitable for future 6G systems that require ultra-high reliability, low latency, and massive connectivity. Unsourced random access (URA) is a promising multi-access technology that enables users to share a common codebook and simplifies decoding process. This article summarizes and compares existing random access schemes and highlights the advantages of URA for 6G systems. It also discusses URA applications in user-specific and user-independent scenarios and suggests potential research directions.
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Computer Science, Information Systems
Minrui Xu, Wei Chong Ng, Wei Yang Bryan Lim, Jiawen Kang, Zehui Xiong, Dusit Niyato, Qiang Yang, Xuemin Shen, Chunyan Miao
Summary: The concept of the Metaverse is growing in popularity, but current versions still fall short of realizing its immersive, embodied, and interoperable vision. This survey focuses on the edge-enabled Metaverse and explores the challenges and solutions in communication, networking, computation, and blockchain technologies to realize its ultimate vision.
IEEE COMMUNICATIONS SURVEYS AND TUTORIALS
(2023)
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Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
Jie Cao, Xu Zhu, Sumei Sun, Zhongxiang Wei, Yufei Jiang, Jingjing Wang, Vincent K. N. Lau
Summary: Industrial metaverse aims to create an immersive virtual space that interacts with physical space, enhancing operation and process efficiency. Short-packet communication plays a significant role in data exchange, requiring high reliability and low latency. Achieving an immersive and interactive industrial metaverse is challenging due to strict communication requirements and limited resources. This study investigates the coupling relationships of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in 6G URLLC and explores the potential of optimizing short-packet structure to improve these KPIs. The co-design of sensing, communication, control, and computing is proposed to realize real-time intelligence, and future research directions are discussed.
IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
Trung Q. Duong, Dang Van Huynh, Saeed R. Khosravirad, Vishal Sharma, Octavia A. Dobre, Hyundong Shin
Summary: With the advanced development of digital twin, mobile virtual reality, augmented reality, and tactile internet, metaverse has re-emerged as a new form of internet. However, achieving the immersive and pervasive metaverse experience still requires advancements in wireless communications, networking, and computing, especially in meeting the stringent quality-of-service requirements. The multi-tier computing empowered wireless ultra-reliable and low-latency communications in 6G have been considered as a key technique to realize the full potential of metaverse.
IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Cheng-Xiang Wang, Xiaohu You, Xiqi Gao, Xiuming Zhu, Zixin Li, Chuan Zhang, Haiming Wang, Yongming Huang, Yunfei Chen, Harald Haas, John S. Thompson, Erik G. Larsson, Marco Di Renzo, Wen Tong, Peiying Zhu, Xuemin Shen, H. Vincent Poor, Lajos Hanzo
Summary: 5G has been commercially deployed, providing new services and improved user experiences to users, and offering novel opportunities to various industries. However, it still faces challenges, leading to research on 6G wireless communication systems by international organizations. This paper comprehensively presents the vision, technical requirements, and application scenarios of 6G, critically evaluates its network architecture and key technologies, introduces existing testbeds and advanced verification platforms, and identifies future research directions and open challenges.
IEEE COMMUNICATIONS SURVEYS AND TUTORIALS
(2023)
Article
Automation & Control Systems
Thien Huynh-The, Quoc-Viet Pham, Xuan-Qui Pham, Thanh Thi Nguyen, Zhu Han, Dong-Seong Kim
Summary: With the massive growth of the Internet, virtual environments have become increasingly popular. The concept of metaverse has been introduced as a shared virtual world fueled by emerging technologies, with artificial intelligence (AI) playing a crucial role in enhancing immersive experiences. This survey explores the role of AI, including machine learning and deep learning, in the foundation and development of the metaverse, and discusses the potential of AI-based methods in building virtual worlds. It also studies AI-aided applications in various fields and concludes with the future research directions of AI for the metaverse.
ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
(2023)
Article
Mathematics
Pronaya Bhattacharya, Deepti Saraswat, Darshan Savaliya, Sakshi Sanghavi, Ashwin Verma, Vatsal Sakariya, Sudeep Tanwar, Ravi Sharma, Maria Simona Raboaca, Daniela Lucia Manea
Summary: The Metaverse enables the integration of physical and digital entities, promoting communication, transactions, and social interaction. With the advancement of Extended Reality technologies, the Metaverse is expected to revolutionize various industries by seamlessly blending the physical and virtual worlds. Assisted by emerging technologies such as 5G, blockchain, Web 3.0, AI, and NFTs, the Metaverse holds great potential in areas such as digital twins, telehealthcare, connected vehicles, virtual education, social networks, and finance.
Editorial Material
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Javan Erfanian, David Lister, Quan Zhao, Gustav Wikstrom, Yan Chen
Summary: As an operator driven global organization, Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) has a significant track record in providing industry-wide guidance on the development of 4th and 5th generation cellular mobile networks.
IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE
(2023)
Article
Business
Thorsten Hennig-Thurau, Dorothea N. Aliman, Alina M. Herting, Gerrit P. Cziehso, Marc Linder, Raoul Kubler
Summary: This research investigates the value of real-time multisensory social interactions (RMSIs) in the metaverse, and whether accessing the metaverse through virtual-reality headsets can generate more interaction outcomes compared to the two-dimensional internet. The study combines theoretical logic and field-experimental probes to develop a framework on how RMSIs in the metaverse and on the 2D internet affect interaction outcomes. The framework provides a roadmap for future investigations of RMSIs in the metaverse, highlighting the roles of mediating and moderating forces and interactional formats.
JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF MARKETING SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Taras Maksymyuk, Juraj Gazda, Gabriel Bugar, Vladimir Gazda, Madhusanka Liyanage, Mischa Dohler
Summary: This paper proposes a framework for future metaverse applications, which utilizes multiple wearable devices and synchronized data flows for data transmission and service selection. The approach is based on customizable utility functions and non-fungible tokens, enabling dynamic data flow allocation in a decentralized mobile network environment.
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Theodore Sizer, Dragan Samardzija, Harish Viswanathan, Son Thai Le, Sarvesh Bidkar, Pascal Dom, Ed Harstead, Thomas Pfeiffer
Summary: The promise of future generations of mobile communication, both 5.5 and 6G, is to increase the capacity and coverage of wireless communication networks and achieve higher performance levels between mobile devices and applications on cloud servers. To meet these requirements, future networks need to further increase capacity and coverage through the use of small cells or new radio spectral bands, while also facing pressure on deployment and costs. Therefore, solutions that address all aspects of the network, from mobile access points to edge cloud, need to be considered together.
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Kah Yung Yap, Hon Huin Chin, Jiri Jaromir Klemes
Summary: This review provides insights into the potential and applications of 6G wireless networks in accelerating the development of renewable energy sources (RES). It highlights the applications of 6G, such as energy trading, vehicular networks, wireless energy transfer, and energy management systems. However, there are still technical limitations that need to be addressed for the effective implementation of 6G in the RES sector.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2022)
