Toward a Tactile Internet Reference Architecture: Vision and Progress of the IEEE P1918.1 Standard
Abstract
The term Tactile Internet broadly refers to a communication network which is capable of delivering control, touch, and sensing/actuation information in real-time. The Tactile Internet is currently a topic of interest for various standardization bodies. The emerging IEEE P1918.1 standards working group is focusing on defining a framework for the Tactile Internet. The main objective of this article is to present a reference architecture for the Tactile Internet based on the latest developments within the IEEE P1918.1 standard. The article provides an in-depth treatment of various architectural aspects including the key entities, the interfaces, the functional capabilities and the protocol stack. A case study has been presented as a manifestation of the architecture. Performance evaluation demonstrates the impact of functional capabilities and the underlying enablers on user-level utility pertaining to a generic Tactile Internet application.
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@article{arxiv.1807.11915,
title = {Toward a Tactile Internet Reference Architecture: Vision and Progress of the IEEE P1918.1 Standard},
author = {Adnan Aijaz and Zaher Dawy and Nikolaos Pappas and Meryem Simsek and Sharief Oteafy and Oliver Holland},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.11915},
year = {2018}
}