Theme
Future networks will support emerging services including Ultra-HD 4K and 8K video, Augment Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), and interactive and holographic telepresence for near-real-time communication experiences. They will also provide the basis for innovation in fields such as digital health, autonomous driving and intelligent transport systems, and autonomous industrial processes.
There is a real possibility that networks may not achieve the versatility and flexibility required to support this wide array of envisaged services. Achieving this vision will call for future networks with characteristics including:
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Dynamism to serve constantly changing access points;
- Ability to guarantee multiple services’ interactivity with physical systems;
- Ability to provide precision time in packet delivery;
- Flexible and adaptive control and management planes;
- Ability to serve different parts of the network with characteristics that will differ considerably in line with the requirements of different applications.
This special issue is inviting research on the innovation required for networks to achieve these capabilities.
Keywords
Device-to-edge threshold, edge cloud computing,
holographic type communications, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Service Function Chains (SFC), Time-Engineered Communication Services, trustworthy network
Tracks
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Innovative network solutions
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AI in the network
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Emerging applications
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A trustworthy network
Prospective authors are cordially invited to submit their original manuscript on the suggested topics listed in the
FULL call for papers.
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