Delivering 360-degree videos and cloud/edge-based VR (virtual reality)

applications require ultra-high bandwidth and ultra-low latency [1], challenging

to achieve with mobile networks. A common approach to reduce bandwidth is
streaming only the field of view (FOV). However, extracting and transmitting
the FOV in response to user head motion can add high latency, adversely
affecting user experience. Authors propose a predictive adaptive streaming
approach, where the predicted view with high predictive probability is
adaptively encoded in relatively high quality according to bandwidth conditions
and transmitted in advance, leading to a simultaneous reduction in bandwidth
and latency. 
[1] X. Hou, Y. Lu and S. Dey, "Wireless VR/AR with edge/cloud
computing", Proc. Int. Conf. Comput. Commun. Netw., 2017.
Hou, X., Dey, S., Zhang, J., & Budagavi, M. (2020). Predictive adaptive streaming to enable mobile 360-
degree and VR experiences. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 23, 716-731.

Aiming to improve VR experience in multi-user VR wireless video streaming, a deep-learning aided

scheme for maximizing the quality of the delivered video chunks with low-latency is proposed.
Researchers formulated the problem of maximizing users’ VR streaming QoE as a network-wide HD
frame admission maximization problem subject to low latency constraints with very high reliability. So,
proposed a Lyapunov-framework based approach which transforms the stochastic optimization problem
into a series of successive instantaneous static optimization sub-problems. Subsequently, for each time
instant, a matching theory algorithm is applied to allocate (scheduling blocks) SBS to user clusters and
leverage a millimeter wave (mmWave) multicast transmission of the high definition (HD) chunks. Using
simulations, proposed deep recurrent neural network (DRNN) can predict the VR users’ future FoV with
high accuracy.
Perfecto, C., Elbamby, M. S., Del Ser, J., & Bennis, M. (2020). Taming the latency in multi-user VR 360°:
A QoE-aware deep learning-aided multicast framework. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 68(4),
2491-2508.

To continue to offer ever higher capacities and speeds, future networks will be required to further
densify addressing capacity and coverage demands through the use of small cells or new radio
spectral bands, such as 7-20GHZ or sub-THZ, with inherently shorter range. Therein lies the
dilemma. A denser and ever more complex network of access points, with higher speeds and
performance, but continued pressure on the deployment and costs. To address this challenge
solutions, researchers presented an expected requirements of next generation networks as well as
new technologies and methods which address the simultaneous challenges of higher capacity, lower
costs, and reliable deterministic performance.
Sizer, T., Samardzija, D., Viswanathan, H., Le, S. T., Bidkar, S., Dom, P., ... & Pfeiffer, T. (2021).
Integrated solutions for deployment of 6G mobile networks. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 40(2), 346-
357.