From 5G to beyond: Passive optical network and multi-access edge computing integration for latency-sensitive applications

I Dias, L Ruan, C Ranaweera, E Wong - Optical Fiber Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
A recent paradigm shift in support of 5G-and-beyond (5GB), Human-to-Machine/Robot
(H2M/R), and the Tactile Internet has resulted in a surge of latency-sensitive applications …

URLLC for 5G and beyond: Requirements, enabling incumbent technologies and network intelligence

R Ali, YB Zikria, AK Bashir, S Garg, HS Kim - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The tactile internet (TI) is believed to be the prospective advancement of the internet of
things (IoT), comprising human-to-machine and machine-to-machine communication. TI …

Federated learning in robotic and autonomous systems

Y Xianjia, JP Queralta, J Heikkonen… - Procedia Computer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Autonomous systems are becoming inherently ubiquitous with the advancements of
computing and communication solutions enabling low-latency offloading and real-time …

QoS Provisioning: Key Drivers and Enablers Toward the Tactile Internet in Beyond 5G Era

MZ Islam, R Ali, A Haider, HS Kim - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Tactile Internet has become a revolution for Internet technology, greatly improving the
transmission of skill sets (audio, video, text, and haptics) over communication channels …

Machine learning enhanced next-generation optical access networks—challenges and emerging solutions [Invited Tutorial]

E Wong, S Mondal, L Ruan - Journal of Optical Communications and …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Optical access networks are envisioned to become increasingly complex as they support
more and more diverse and immersive services, each with a different capacity, latency, and …

Enhancing latency performance through intelligent bandwidth allocation decisions: a survey and comparative study of machine learning techniques

L Ruan, MPI Dias, E Wong - Journal of Optical Communications and …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Converged access networks consolidating 5G and beyond and fixed optical fiber access are
expected to support future latency-sensitive human-to-machine applications over the Tactile …

Towards 6G: fast and self-adaptive dynamic bandwidth allocation for next-generation mobile fronthaul

E Wong, L Ruan - Journal of Optical Communications and …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
6G networks will deliver dynamic and immersive applications that bridge the real and digital
worlds. The next-generation passive optical access network is a potential optical transport …

Addressing concept drift of dynamic traffic environments through rapid and self-adaptive bandwidth allocation

L Ruan, E Wong - 2023 32nd International Conference on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Passive optical networks are envisioned to become increasingly complex as they support
more and more diverse and immersive services that have different capacity, latency, and …

A Transfer Learning Assisted Framework to Expedite and Self-Adapt Bandwidth Allocations in Low-Latency H2M Applications

L Ruan, E Wong - IEEE Communications Magazine, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In view of the aspirations of 6G, networks will soon be expected to support the delivery of
tactile-haptic and kinetic perceptions so that humans can interact with real/virtual …

Towards 6G: the evolution of passive optical networks

E Wong - 2022 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Next-generation PONs are being considered as an optical transport solution for 6G mobile
networks. Nonetheless, to support a heterogeneity of immersive services, challenges in …