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The full future of the sixth generation will develop a fully data-driven that provide terabit rate per second, and adopt an average of 1000+ massive number of connections per person in 10 years 2030 virtually instantaneously. Data-driven…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-24 Adeeb Salh , Lukman Audah , Qazwan Abdullah , Abdullah Noorsaliza , Nor Shahida Mohd Shah , Jameel Mukred , Shipun Hamzah

New network architectures, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), 5G, and next-generation (NextG) cellular systems, put forward emerging challenges to the design of future wireless networks toward ultra-high data rate, massive data…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-06-13 Jiahao Xue , Zhe Qu , Shangqing Zhao , Yao Liu , Zhuo Lu

While Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has confirmed orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) as the baseline waveform for sixth-generation (6G), its performance is severely compromised in the high-mobility scenarios…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-01 Mauro Marchese , Dario Tagliaferri , Henk Wymeersch , Musa Furkan Keskin , Emanuele Viterbo , Pietro Savazzi

5G cellular communications promise to deliver the gigabit experience to mobile users, with a capacity increase of up to three orders of magnitude with respect to current LTE systems. There is widespread agreement that such an ambitious goal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-07-23 Paolo Banelli , Stefano Buzzi , Giulio Colavolpe , Andrea Modenini , Fredrik Rusek , Alessandro Ugolini

The convergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things has accelerated the development of distributed, network-sensitive applications, necessitating ultra-low latency, high throughput, and real-time processing…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-11-21 Kurt Horvath , Shpresa Tuda , Blerta Idrizi , Stojan Kitanov , Fisnik Doko , Dragi Kimovski

Next-generation wireless networks require enhanced flexibility, efficiency, and reliability in physical layer waveform design to address the challenges posed by heterogeneous channel conditions and stringent quality-of-service demands. To…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-09 Xingyao Zhang , Haoran Yin , Yanqun Tang , Yao Ge , Yong Zeng , Miaowen Wen , Zilong Liu , Yong Liang Guan , Hüseyin Arslan , Giuseppe Caire

Digital twin, which enables emulation, evaluation, and optimization of physical entities through synchronized digital replicas, has gained increasing attention as a promising technology for intricate wireless networks. For 6G, numerous…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-08-12 Zhenyu Tao , Wei Xu , Yongming Huang , Xiaoyun Wang , Xiaohu You

The integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has been envisioned as one representative usage scenario of sixth-generation (6G) network. However, the unprecedented characteristics of 6G, especially the doubly dispersive channel, make…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-08 Fan Zhang , Zhaocheng Wang , Tianqi Mao , Tianyu Jiao , Yinxiao Zhuo , Miaowen Wen , Wei Xiang , Sheng Chen , George K. Karagiannidis

Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks (SAGINs), which incorporate space and aerial networks with terrestrial wireless systems, are vital enablers of the emerging sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks. Besides bringing significant benefits…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-02-05 Adilya Bakambekova , Nour Kouzayha , Tareq Al-Naffouri

The year 2019 witnessed the rollout of the 5G standard, which promises to offer significant data rate improvement over 4G. While 5G is still in its infancy, there has been an increased shift in the research community for communication…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-08-25 Anu Jagannath , Jithin Jagannath , Tommaso Melodia

6G is the next-generation intelligent and integrated digital information infrastructure, characterized by ubiquitous interconnection, native intelligence, multi-dimensional perception, global coverage, green and low-carbon, native network…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-07-26 Ye Ouyang , Yaqin Zhang , Xiaozhou Ye , Yunxin Liu , Xidong Wang , Jie Sun , Yang Liu , Shoufeng Wang , Sen Bian , Yun Li

On the eve of 5G network deployment worldwide, a new boom in the mass digitization of our personal and professional lifestyles is looming. 5G marks a strong shift in the way in which connectivity will impact our societies and industries.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-09-10 Laurent Petit , Jean-Baptiste Dore , Eric Mercier , Claude Brocheton , Julien Legrand , Dimitri Ktenas

With the deployment of 5G networks, standards organizations have started working on the design phase for sixth-generation (6G) networks. 6G networks will be immensely complex, requiring more deployment time, cost and management efforts. On…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-05 Muhammad K. Shehzad , Luca Rose , M. Majid Butt , Istvan Z. Kovacs , Mohamad Assaad , Mohsen Guizani

This paper elaborates on a novel AI-native architecture for emerging 6G systems harnessing open APIs, along with supporting mechanisms to empower intelligent and coordinated orchestration of edge-cloud continuum resources. The AIORA…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-12-08 Nuria Molner , Luis Rosa , Fulvio Risso , Konstantinos Samdanis , David Artuñedo , Rob Smets , Tarik Taleb , David Gomez-Barquero

Semantic communication (SemCom) has emerged as a transformative paradigm for future 6G networks, offering task-oriented and meaning-aware transmission that fundamentally redefines traditional bit-centric design. Recognized by leading…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-03 Ping Zhang , Xiaodong Xu , Mengying Sun , Haixiao Gao , Nan Ma , Xiaoyun Wang , Ruichen Zhang , Jiacheng Wang , Dusit Niyato

Integrating AI into the physical layer is a cornerstone of 6G networks. However, current data-driven approaches struggle to generalize across dynamic environments because they lack an intrinsic understanding of electromagnetic wave…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-27 Ziqi Chen , Yi Ren , Yixuan Huang , Qi Sun , Nan Li , Yuhong Huang , Chih-Lin I , Yifan Li , Liang Xia

The rapid evolution of forthcoming sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks necessitates the seamless integration of artificial intelligence (AI) with wireless communications to support emerging intelligent applications that demand both…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-25 Wei Xu , Zhaohui Yang , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Robert Schober , H. Vincent Poor , Zhaoyang Zhang , Xiaohu You

Recently, generative AI technologies have emerged as a significant advancement in artificial intelligence field, renowned for their language and image generation capabilities. Meantime, space-air-ground integrated network (SAGIN) is an…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-12-11 Ruichen Zhang , Hongyang Du , Dusit Niyato , Jiawen Kang , Zehui Xiong , Abbas Jamalipour , Ping Zhang , Dong In Kim

Departing from the classic paradigm of data-centric designs, the 6G networks for supporting edge AI features task-oriented techniques that focus on effective and efficient execution of AI task. Targeting end-to-end system performance, such…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-03 Dingzhu Wen , Xiang Jiao , Peixi Liu , Guangxu Zhu , Yuanming Shi , Kaibin Huang

Embodied agents, which couple intelligent decision-making with physical actuation in the real world, impose far more stringent and heterogeneous communication requirements than purely software-based agents. While 6G promises sub-millisecond…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-25 Lipeng Dai , Luping Xiang , Kun Yang