DocumentCode :
18026
Title :
The Tactile Internet: Applications and Challenges
Author :
Fettweis, Gerhard P.
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Volume :
9
Issue :
1
fYear :
2014
fDate :
Mar-14
Firstpage :
64
Lastpage :
70
Abstract :
Wireless communications today enables us to connect devices and people for an unprecedented exchange of multimedia and data content. The data rates of wireless communications continue to increase, mainly driven by innovation in electronics. Once the latency of communication systems becomes low enough to enable a round-trip delay from terminals through the network back to terminals of approximately 1 ms, an overlooked breakthrough?human tactile to visual feedback control?will change how humans communicate around the world. Using these controls, wireless communications can be the platform for enabling the control and direction of real and virtual objects in many situations of our life. Almost no area of the economy will be left untouched, as this new technology will change health care, mobility, education, manufacturing, smart grids, and much more. The Tactile Internet will become a driver for economic growth and innovation and will help bring a new level of sophistication to societies.
Keywords :
Internet; multimedia communication; radio networks; data content; economic growth; economic innovation; human tactile; multimedia content; round trip delay; tactile internet; virtual objects; visual feedback control; wireless communications; Information exchange; Internet; Multimedia communication; Technological innovation; Wireless communication;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Vehicular Technology Magazine, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1556-6072
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MVT.2013.2295069
Filename :
6755599
Link To Document :
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