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To fulfill the requirements of various emerging applications, the future sixth generation (6G) mobile network is expected to be an innately intelligent, highly dynamic, ultradense heterogeneous network that interconnects all things with…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-12-13 Shangwei Zhang , Jiajia Liu , Hongzhi Guo , Mingping Qi , Nei Kato

The advent of 5G and the design of its architecture has become possible because of the previous individual scientific works and standardization efforts on cloud computing and network softwarization. Software-defined Networking and Network…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-02-03 Sisay Tadesse Arzo , Domenico Scotece , Riccardo Bassoli , Fabrizio Granelli , Luca Foschini , Frank H. P. Fitzek

In this white paper we provide a vision for 6G Edge Intelligence. Moving towards 5G and beyond the future 6G networks, intelligent solutions utilizing data-driven machine learning and artificial intelligence become crucial for several…

Prior to the advent of the cloud, storage and processing services were accommodated by specialized hardware, however, this approach introduced a number of challenges in terms of scalability, energy efficiency, and cost. Then came the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-08-11 Barzan A. Yosuf , Amal A. Alahmadi , T. E. H. El-Gorashi , Jaafar M. H. Elmirghani

Today 4G mobile systems are evolving to provide IP connectivity for diverse applications and services up to 1Gbps. They are designed to optimize the network performance, improve cost efficiency and facilitate the uptake of mass market…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-06-10 Akram Hakiri , Pascal Berthou

The sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks are expected to deliver ubiquitous connectivity, resilient coverage, and intelligence-driven services in highly dynamic environments. To achieve these goals, distributed wireless architectures…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-24 Enyu Shi , Jiayi Zhang , Zhilong Liu , Ziheng Liu , Arumugam Nallanathan , Merouane Debbah , Shi Jin , Bo Ai

At the dawn of the next-generation wireless systems and networks, massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) has been envisioned as one of the enabling technologies. With the continued success of being applied in the 5G and beyond, the…

The design of 6th Generation (6G) wireless networks points towards flexible connect-and-compute technologies capable to support innovative services and use cases. Targeting the 2030 horizon, 6G networks are poised to pave the way for…

This paper explores the road to vastly improving the broadband connectivity in future 6G wireless systems. Different categories of use cases are considered, with peak data rates up to 1 Tbps. Several categories of enablers at the…

Today, 5G networks are being worldwide rolled out, with significant benefits in our economy and society. However, 5G systems alone are not expected to be sufficient for the challenges that 2030 networks will experience, including, e.g.,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-09-26 Alessandro Guidotti , Alessandro Vanelli-Coralli , Vincenzo Schena , Nicolas Chuberre , Mohamed El Jaafari , Jani Puttonen , Stefano Cioni

6G networks promise to be the proper technology to support a wide deployment of highly demanding services, satisfying key users-related aspects such as extremely high quality, and persistent communications. However, there is no service to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-12-25 Xavi Masip-Bruin , Eva Rodríguez , Admela Jukan , Panos Trakadas

Energy efficiency is at the core of sustainability solutions for 5/6G networks. We argue this is a too narrow perspective on sustainability, as it ignores the effects of the increased traffic demand these networks stimulate and the need for…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-07-07 Cristina Cano , Hug March

The future communication will be characterized by ubiquitous connectivity and security. These features will be essential requirements for the efficient functioning of the futuristic applications. In this paper, in order to highlight the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-06-11 Ali Hussain Khan , Naveed UL Hassan , Chau Yuen , Jun Zhao , Dusit Niyato , Yan Zhang , H. Vincent Poor

After the industrialization of 5G cellular communications, 6G has increasingly become a research hotspot in the academia. Space-Air-Ground Integrated Network (SAGIN) is a key supporting technology for 6G because of its advantages such as…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Tianming Lan

Having the Fifth Generation (5G) mobile communication system recently rolled out in many countries, the wireless community is now setting its eyes on the next era of Sixth Generation (6G). Inheriting from 5G its focus on industrial use…

6G will exploit satellite, aerial and terrestrial platforms jointly to improve radio access capability and to unlock the support of on-demand edge cloud services in the three dimensional space (3D) by incorporating Mobile Edge Computing…

What will the future of cislunar communications be? The ever-expanding horizons of the space exploration missions, and the need for establishing sustainable space communication and navigation infrastructure necessitate to think this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-07-24 Sahan Liyanaarachchi , Stavros Mitrolaris , Purbesh Mitra , Sennur Ulukus

5G is the fifth generation wireless network, with a set of characteristics, e.g., high bandwidth and data rates. The scenarios of using 5G include enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), massive Machine Type Communications (mMTC), and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-02-16 Chen Yang , Peng Liang , Liming Fu , Guorui Cui , Fei Huang , Feng Teng , Yawar Abbas Bangash

In the last years, we have experienced the evolution of wireless localization from being a simple add-on feature for enabling specific applications to become an essential characteristic of wireless cellular networks, as for sixth-generation…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2022-02-16 Ahmed Elzanaty , Anna Guerra , Francesco Guidi , Davide Dardari , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

6G network technology will emerge in a landscape where visual data transmissions dominate global mobile traffic and are expected to grow continuously, driven by the increasing demand for AI-based computer vision applications. This will make…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-09-25 Junhao Cai , Taegun An , Changhee Joo