The move towards future 6G networks is seen as a key enabler for realizing upcoming services at scale, including the massive deployment of the Internet of Things, providing enhanced V2X communications to support autonomous vehicles, and the rise of smart homes, smart cities, and industry 4.0. However, as the move beyond 5G gathers momentum, the limitations of existing approaches become apparent, and one of the major issues to be addressed is the need for improved energy efficiency. In particular, the increased densification of future wireless networks, and their on-going convergence with the Cloud, Edge, and the broader computing continuum will mean that the optimisation of these infrastructures, while still meeting the user needs to high bandwidth and low latency, could have a massive impact on the carbon emissions and operating overheads of these networks.
The aim of this Research Topic is to explore how upcoming standards in wireless communications and mobile networks can incorporate energy efficiency mechanisms while still optimising their performance and operation. In particular, we are interested in how the dynamic coordination and cooperative orchestration of heterogeneous connectivity can lead to energy savings in the radio access network. However, we are aiming to present a holistic view of this field so would also welcome new approaches that focus specifically on RAN technologies or explore new ways that the core can be configured or deployed to support this goal.
In this Research Topic, we invite authors to submit original and innovative manuscripts on energy efficiency solutions particularly addressed by smart protocols design, access schemes, and intelligently distributed computation platforms, but will undoubtedly extend to include a range of related areas such as Machine-Learning/Artificial Intelligence enabled orchestration platforms, new physical layer security schemes, device energy optimisation and intelligent radio resource management using well-known tools in wireless communications such as Network Function Virtualization and Software-Defined Networks. This could primarily be considered from the perspective of the Radio Access Network itself, which traditionally accounts for a large proportion of the Mobile Network Operators overheads, but should ultimately be expanded to consider every aspect of the network, from edge devices through the access and core network, and into the data centres.
Keywords:
Beyond 5G and 6G, RAN performance, Energy efficiency, Network core optimisation, Wireless network coordination and cooperation
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
The move towards future 6G networks is seen as a key enabler for realizing upcoming services at scale, including the massive deployment of the Internet of Things, providing enhanced V2X communications to support autonomous vehicles, and the rise of smart homes, smart cities, and industry 4.0. However, as the move beyond 5G gathers momentum, the limitations of existing approaches become apparent, and one of the major issues to be addressed is the need for improved energy efficiency. In particular, the increased densification of future wireless networks, and their on-going convergence with the Cloud, Edge, and the broader computing continuum will mean that the optimisation of these infrastructures, while still meeting the user needs to high bandwidth and low latency, could have a massive impact on the carbon emissions and operating overheads of these networks.
The aim of this Research Topic is to explore how upcoming standards in wireless communications and mobile networks can incorporate energy efficiency mechanisms while still optimising their performance and operation. In particular, we are interested in how the dynamic coordination and cooperative orchestration of heterogeneous connectivity can lead to energy savings in the radio access network. However, we are aiming to present a holistic view of this field so would also welcome new approaches that focus specifically on RAN technologies or explore new ways that the core can be configured or deployed to support this goal.
In this Research Topic, we invite authors to submit original and innovative manuscripts on energy efficiency solutions particularly addressed by smart protocols design, access schemes, and intelligently distributed computation platforms, but will undoubtedly extend to include a range of related areas such as Machine-Learning/Artificial Intelligence enabled orchestration platforms, new physical layer security schemes, device energy optimisation and intelligent radio resource management using well-known tools in wireless communications such as Network Function Virtualization and Software-Defined Networks. This could primarily be considered from the perspective of the Radio Access Network itself, which traditionally accounts for a large proportion of the Mobile Network Operators overheads, but should ultimately be expanded to consider every aspect of the network, from edge devices through the access and core network, and into the data centres.
Keywords:
Beyond 5G and 6G, RAN performance, Energy efficiency, Network core optimisation, Wireless network coordination and cooperation
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.