Leveraging Intelligent Computation Offloading with Fog/Edge Computing for Tactile Internet: Advantages and Limitations

TY - JOUR

T1 - Leveraging Intelligent Computation Offloading with Fog/Edge Computing for Tactile Internet

T2 - Advantages and Limitations

AU - Mukherjee, Mithun

AU - Guo, Mian

AU - Lloret, Jaime

AU - Zhang, Qi

PY - 2020/9

Y1 - 2020/9

N2 - With the recent advancement in wireless communication and networks, we are at the doorstep of the Tactile Internet. The Tactile Internet aims to enable the skill delivery and thereafter democratize the specialized skills for many emerging applications (e.g., remote medical, industrial machinery, remote robotics, autonomous driving). In this article, we start with the motivation of applying intelligent edge computing for computation offloading in the Tactile Internet. Afterward, we outline the main research challenges to leverage edge intelligence at the master, network, and controlled domain of the Tactile Internet. The key research challenges in the Tactile Internet lie in its stringent requirements such as ultra-low latency, ultra-high reliability, and almost zero service outage. We also discuss major entities in intelligent edge computing and their role in the Tactile Internet. Finally, several potential research challenges in edge intelligence for the Tactile Internet are highlighted.

AB - With the recent advancement in wireless communication and networks, we are at the doorstep of the Tactile Internet. The Tactile Internet aims to enable the skill delivery and thereafter democratize the specialized skills for many emerging applications (e.g., remote medical, industrial machinery, remote robotics, autonomous driving). In this article, we start with the motivation of applying intelligent edge computing for computation offloading in the Tactile Internet. Afterward, we outline the main research challenges to leverage edge intelligence at the master, network, and controlled domain of the Tactile Internet. The key research challenges in the Tactile Internet lie in its stringent requirements such as ultra-low latency, ultra-high reliability, and almost zero service outage. We also discuss major entities in intelligent edge computing and their role in the Tactile Internet. Finally, several potential research challenges in edge intelligence for the Tactile Internet are highlighted.

KW - Haptic interfaces

KW - Internet

KW - Reliability

KW - Robot sensing systems

KW - Task analysis

KW - Wireless communication

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089453469&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1109/MNET.001.2000004

DO - 10.1109/MNET.001.2000004

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0890-8044

VL - 34

SP - 322

EP - 329

JO - IEEE Network

JF - IEEE Network

IS - 5

M1 - 9165551

ER -