Dynamic and efficient device collaborations in 5G‐advanced and 6G networks

Abstract Collaborative transmission, comprising multiple devices owned by a single user, is progressively evolving into an essential strategy to meet the stringent demands of burgeoning collaborative scenarios in 5G‐advanced and 6G networks. This paper proposes three novel use cases for device colla...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xianghui Han, Shuai Zhou, Shuaihua Kou, Jian Li, Ruiqi Liu, Shi Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-12-01
Series:IET Communications
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1049/cmu2.12838
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Abstract Collaborative transmission, comprising multiple devices owned by a single user, is progressively evolving into an essential strategy to meet the stringent demands of burgeoning collaborative scenarios in 5G‐advanced and 6G networks. This paper proposes three novel use cases for device collaboration, namely data duplication, data splitting and wireless backup, to address these requirements. To provide dynamic and efficient collaboration, both non‐transparent mode via the medium access control layer collaboration and transparent mode via the physical layer collaboration are proposed. The paper further introduces a comprehensive design framework including protocol stack design, user equipment capability reporting, user equipment pairing, scheduling mechanism and transmission mechanism for different collaborative use cases with different collaborative modes. Evaluation outcomes reveal that the recommended methods could decrease the resources consumed for data duplication while increasing the user perceived throughput for data duplication and data splitting. The proposed methods also augment transmission reliability for both data duplication and wireless backup.
ISSN:1751-8628
1751-8636