Guest Editorial Special Issue on Cybertwin-Driven 6G: Architectures, Methods, and Applications

Abstract

Internet of Everything (IoE) brings unprecedented challenges regarding scability, mobility, availability, and security to wireless communications. Cybertwin emerges as a promising paradigm for the next-generation mobile network, i.e., 6G. Basically, it serves as the communication anchor of a user at the edge and performs fundamental authentication and network resources control functionalities. Cybertwin is also an indispensable enabler of the cloud native network paradigm and can efficiently support the digital twin and metaverse. With cybertwin, heterogeneous access networks can be easily exploited in a synergic manner, such that advanced applications, such as multiscreen multistream rich media delivery, can be realized with guaranteed QoS. Furthermore, a user’s activities in cyberspace can be recorded naturally which becomes his/her/its digital asset. In the future, cybertwin may become the personal assistant and even an immortal second life of the user.