This paper presents a literature review on recent applications and design aspects of the
intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) in the future wireless networks. Conventionally, the …

Many network applications, eg, industrial control, demand ultra-low latency (ULL). However,
traditional packet networks can only reduce the end-to-end latencies to the order of tens of …

By providing ultra-high transmission data rate, millimeter wave (mmWave) and terahertz
(THz) communications are promising to enable backhaul data transmission in cellular …

Industrial communication systems represent one of the most important innovations of the last
decades in the context of factory and process automation systems. They are networks …

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) are considered the integration of physical systems in the real
world and control software in computing systems. In CPS, the real world and the computing …

Digital twin for the industrial Internet of Things (DT-IIoT) creates a high-fidelity, fine-grained,
low-cost digital replica of the cyber-physical integrated Internet for industry. Powered by …

Fault detection and diagnosis is one of the most critical components of preventing accidents
and ensuring the system safety of industrial processes. In this paper, we propose an …

Age-of-Information (AoI) is a recently introduced metric for network operation with sensor
applications which quantifies the freshness of data. In the context of networked control …

Industrialization has led to a huge demand for a network control system to monitor and
control multi-loop processes with high effectiveness. Due to these advancements, new …

The groundbreaking transformations triggered by the Industry 4.0 paradigm have
dramatically reshaped the requirements for control and communication systems within the …