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The sixth generation of mobile networks (6G) is expected to be deployed in the early 2030s. By this time, the density of autonomous Internet-connected machines is expected to explode up to hundreds of devices per cubic meter. These devices (1) generate voluminous multisensory data, (2) access sophisticated artificial intelligence-based services with high frequency, and (3) have widely diverse constraints in terms of latency, bandwidth, energy, and computation power. Such devices are not operated by humans, and communicate with each other and with remote servers located on the network core or edge. The wireless communications between these machines are called machine-type communications (MTC) and can either be between multiple machines that collectively collect and process multidimensional information or between machines that interact with services located on servers. Representative examples include autonomous driving, piloting crewless aerial vehicles, smart grid energy trading, and others. In this chapter, we define the following requirements for 6G, following the predicted density and heterogeneity of the autonomous connected device landscape: (1) ultra-dense wireless communication networks, (2) massive multi-access edge computing, (3) large-scale autonomous operation of devices with heterogeneous requirements and constraints. To address these requirements, 6G will enable a convergence of computing, energy, and communication for device- and application-aware communications. We discuss how 6G can achieve such convergence and highlight the future trends for MTC to ubiquitously integrate the computing landscape.
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Braud, T., Chatzopoulos, D., Hui, P. (2021). Machine Type Communications in 6G. In: Wu, Y., et al. 6G Mobile Wireless Networks. Computer Communications and Networks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72777-2_11
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