TY - JOUR
T1 - 6G Internet of Things
T2 - A Comprehensive Survey
AU - Nguyen, Dinh C.
AU - Ding, Ming
AU - Pathirana, Pubudu N.
AU - Seneviratne, Aruna
AU - Li, Jun
AU - Niyato, Dusit
AU - Dobre, Octavia
AU - Poor, H. Vincent
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the CSIRO Data61, Australia, and in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Grant CCF-1908308. The work of Jun Li was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 61872184.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.
PY - 2022/1/1
Y1 - 2022/1/1
N2 - The sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication networks are envisioned to revolutionize customer services and applications via the Internet of Things (IoT) toward a future of fully intelligent and autonomous systems. In this article, we explore the emerging opportunities brought by 6G technologies in IoT networks and applications, by conducting a holistic survey on the convergence of 6G and IoT. We first shed light on some of the most fundamental 6G technologies that are expected to empower future IoT networks, including edge intelligence, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, space-air-ground-underwater communications, Terahertz communications, massive ultrareliable and low-latency communications, and blockchain. Particularly, compared to the other related survey papers, we provide an in-depth discussion of the roles of 6G in a wide range of prospective IoT applications via five key domains, namely, healthcare IoTs, Vehicular IoTs and Autonomous Driving, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Satellite IoTs, and Industrial IoTs. Finally, we highlight interesting research challenges and point out potential directions to spur further research in this promising area.
AB - The sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication networks are envisioned to revolutionize customer services and applications via the Internet of Things (IoT) toward a future of fully intelligent and autonomous systems. In this article, we explore the emerging opportunities brought by 6G technologies in IoT networks and applications, by conducting a holistic survey on the convergence of 6G and IoT. We first shed light on some of the most fundamental 6G technologies that are expected to empower future IoT networks, including edge intelligence, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, space-air-ground-underwater communications, Terahertz communications, massive ultrareliable and low-latency communications, and blockchain. Particularly, compared to the other related survey papers, we provide an in-depth discussion of the roles of 6G in a wide range of prospective IoT applications via five key domains, namely, healthcare IoTs, Vehicular IoTs and Autonomous Driving, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Satellite IoTs, and Industrial IoTs. Finally, we highlight interesting research challenges and point out potential directions to spur further research in this promising area.
KW - Internet of Things (IoTs)
KW - network intelligence
KW - sixth generation (6G)
KW - wireless communications
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U2 - 10.1109/JIOT.2021.3103320
DO - 10.1109/JIOT.2021.3103320
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85122137053
SN - 2327-4662
VL - 9
SP - 359
EP - 383
JO - IEEE Internet of Things Journal
JF - IEEE Internet of Things Journal
IS - 1
ER -