Fog Computing as an Enabler for Immersive Media: Service Scenarios and Research Opportunities

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Abstract

Immersive media services, such as augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR),a 360-degree video, and free-viewpoint video (FVV), are popular today. They require massive data storage, ultrahigh computing power, and ultralow latency. It is hard to fulfill these requirements simultaneously in a conventional communication system using a cloud/centralized radio access network (C-RAN). Specifically, due to centralized processing in such a system, the end-to-end latency, as well as the burden on the fronthaul network, are expected to be high. Fog computing-based radio access networks (F-RAN), in contrast, have been widely considered as an enabler for immersive media. Our contribution in this paper is threefold: First, we propose various service scenarios reflecting the characteristics of immersive media. Second, we identify the technologies that are required to support the proposed service scenarios under F-RAN and discuss how they can support the proposed scenarios efficiently. Third, we discuss possible research opportunities.aA list of acronyms can be found in the Appendix.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number8716694
Pages (from-to)65797-65810
Number of pages14
JournalIEEE access
Volume7
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2019
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 85067076901
ORCID /0000-0001-7008-1537/work/142248644

Keywords

Keywords

  • Streaming media, Media, Radio access networks, Edge computing, Servers, Navigation, Task analysis