TY - JOUR
T1 - 6G Cellular Networks and Connected Autonomous Vehicles
AU - He, Jianhua
AU - Yang, Kun
AU - Chen, Hsiao Hwa
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skodowska-Curie grant agreement No 824019; the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1764263 and 61671186); and the Taiwan Ministry of Science &Technology (109-2221-E-006-175-MY3 and 109-2221-E-006-182-MY3).
Funding Information:
Electronic and Electrical Engineering at University College London (UCL), U.K. He is currently a chair professor in the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, U.K., leading the Network Convergence Laboratory (NCL). His main research interests include wireless networks and communications, future Internet and edge computing. He manages research projects funded by UK EPSRC, EU FP7/H2020 and industry. He has published 300+ papers and filed 10 patents. He serves on the editorial boards of a number of IEEE journals.
Funding Information:
AcKnowledGMent This work was supported in part by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skodowska-Curie grant agreement No 824019; the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1764263 and 61671186); and the Taiwan Ministry of Science & Technology (109-2221-E-006-175-MY3 and 109-2221-E-006-182-MY3).
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PY - 2021/7/1
Y1 - 2021/7/1
N2 - With 5G mobile communication systems having been commercially rolled out, research discussions on next generation mobile systems, that is, 6G, have started. On the other hand, vehicular technologies are also evolving rapidly, from connected vehicles called V2X (vehicle to everything) to autonomous vehicles to the combination of the two, that is, the networks of connected autonomous vehicles (CAV). How fast the evolution of these two areas will go hand-in-hand is of great importance, which is the focus of this article. After a brief overview of the technological evolution of V2X to CAV and 6G key technologies, this article explores two complementary research directions, namely, 6G for CAVs versus CAVs for 6G. The former investigates how various 6G key enablers, such as THz, cell free communication and artificial intelligence (AI), can be utilized to provide CAV mission-critical services. The latter discusses how CAVs can facilitate effective deployment and operation of 6G systems. This article attempts to investigate the interactions between the two technologies to spark more research efforts in these areas.
AB - With 5G mobile communication systems having been commercially rolled out, research discussions on next generation mobile systems, that is, 6G, have started. On the other hand, vehicular technologies are also evolving rapidly, from connected vehicles called V2X (vehicle to everything) to autonomous vehicles to the combination of the two, that is, the networks of connected autonomous vehicles (CAV). How fast the evolution of these two areas will go hand-in-hand is of great importance, which is the focus of this article. After a brief overview of the technological evolution of V2X to CAV and 6G key technologies, this article explores two complementary research directions, namely, 6G for CAVs versus CAVs for 6G. The former investigates how various 6G key enablers, such as THz, cell free communication and artificial intelligence (AI), can be utilized to provide CAV mission-critical services. The latter discusses how CAVs can facilitate effective deployment and operation of 6G systems. This article attempts to investigate the interactions between the two technologies to spark more research efforts in these areas.
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U2 - 10.1109/MNET.011.2000541
DO - 10.1109/MNET.011.2000541
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85097191424
VL - 35
SP - 255
EP - 261
JO - IEEE Network
JF - IEEE Network
SN - 0890-8044
IS - 4
M1 - 9261960
ER -