Abstract
Entering the 5G/6G era, the core concept of human-centric communications has intensified the research effort into analytical frameworks for integrating technological and non-technological domains. Among non-technological domains, human behavioral, psychological, and socio-economic contexts are widely considered as indispensable elements for characterizing user experience (UE). In this study, we introduce the prospect theory as a promising methodology for modeling UE and perceptual measurements for human-centric communications. As the founding pillar of behavioral economics, the prospect theory proposes the non-linear quantity and probability perception of human psychology, which extends to five fundamental behavioral attributes that have profound implications for diverse disciplines. An example of applying the novel theoretic framework is also provided to illustrate how the prospect theory can be utilized to incorporate human factors and analyze human-centric communications. By expatiating on the prospect theoretic framework, we aim to provide a guideline for developing human-centric communications and articulate a novel interdisciplinary research area for further investigation.
Highlights
Telecommunication research so far has tended to become technology-centric and focused excessively on quality of service (QoS) metrics
We provide a simplified example of applying the novel theoretic framework to illustrate how the prospect theory can be utilized to incorporate human factors and analyze humancentric communications
We introduce the features of the prospect theory in shaping human psychological foundations and discuss the insights into modeling user experience (UE)
Summary
Telecommunication research so far has tended to become technology-centric and focused excessively on quality of service (QoS) metrics. The development of human-centric communications in the 6G network requires technological factors and UE to be considered when modeling, analyzing, and optimizing communication systems (Dang et al, 2020) This paradigm shift necessitates the interdisciplinary collaboration among telecommunications, economics, and psychology. Even though instructive and creative, the inappropriate and oversimplified modeling and assumptions in Lee (2015) result in a huge mismatch between the quantitative UE and resource utilization In these interdisciplinary applications, the prospect theory serves only as a replacement for the utility or probability functions formulated in specific problems (e.g., game theoretic communications). We provide a simplified example of applying the novel theoretic framework to illustrate how the prospect theory can be utilized to incorporate human factors and analyze humancentric communications.
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