Series Editorial: Ultra-Low-Latency and Reliable Communications for Future Wireless Networks

Abstract

Ultra-low-latency and reliable communications is perhaps the most challenging task in future wireless networks because of its demanding requirements of low latency combined with ultra-high reliability. The number of connected devices and data traffic is increasing exponentially every day, and future data-intensive applications like augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR), holographic communications, vehicle-to-everything (V2X), autonomous driving, high precision manufacturing, and ultra-massive machine-type communications wil demand high throughput, ultra-reliable transmission, extremely low latency, and high energy efficiency. This Series issue introduces four high-quality articles presenting discussions on new techniques and concepts, standards, future applications, network architectures, challenges, and promising solutions for ultra-high-speed, low-latency, and reliable communications in future networks. In the following, we introduce these articles and highlight their main contributions.