Toward AI-Native 6G Networks
In the past few years, thanks to the steady advances in technologies, we have witnessed the exploding growth of mobile data rates and number of connected devices that are supported by the existing communication networks. However, the always increasing millions of mobile apps and billions of sensors connected to the Internet of Everything (IoE) are bringing the current systems to their limit. With the deployment of 5G systems around the world and the 5G Advanced definition currently underway in standards bodies, work has recently started in defining the use cases and new enabling technologies that will shape 6G, i.e., the next generation of communication networks. 6G systems will provide unmatched high-quality, low-latency, high-reliability wireless services across humans and machines anytime and anywhere. These high expectations require innovations and advanced intelligence built into the next generation networks. With the advances in big data computing technology, AI already shows promising potentials in wireless industry, and we expect it will play an even more crucial role in 6G wireless networks in tasks that cannot be presented by a mathematical equation or with high computation complexity. In this Session, industry experts and renown research leaders, with experience in leveraging AI to solve real-world wireless communication problems, are invited to share their insightful thoughts and recent works to address the challenges ahead of us and discuss AI research directions toward future 6G wireless communication systems. AI at the Edge AI-enhanced orchestration for 6G networks within the vehicular & mobility vertical Can AI make 5G and 6G Better?