True 3D holography needs new cloud and network architecture

True 3D Holography: A Communication Service of Tomorrow and Its Requirements for a New Converged Cloud and Network Architecture on the Path to 6G

Networking and Internet ArchitectureDistributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing

Summary

3D holographic communication lets people interact in a lifelike way over networks, but it needs a lot of computing power and very fast data connections. The authors explain that to make this work well, computing and network systems must work closely together and be distributed across many locations. They propose new ways to organize cloud computing and networking to support these demanding holography applications as part of future 6G technology. Their work sets the groundwork for how these systems could be built and connected to create immersive holographic communication.

What this means in practice

  • For telecom network engineers: Design integrated network and computing systems to support future holographic communication services with high processing and low latency demands.
  • For cloud infrastructure architects: Develop distributed backbone cloud architectures enabling split computing tailored for demanding 3D holographic data processing tasks.

A position paper. It proposes an approach and reports no results.

Authors

Ingo Friese, Mandy Galkow-Schneider, Louay Bassbouss, Alexander Zoubarev, Andy Neparidze, Sergiy Melnyk, Qiuheng Zhou, Hans D. Schotten, Tobias Pfandzelter, David Bermbach, Arndt Kritzner, Enrico Zschau, Prasenjit Dhara, Steve Göring, William Menz, Alexander Raake, Wolfgang Rüther-Kindel, Fabian Quaeck, Nick Stuckert, Robert Vilter

Abstract

Research project 6G NeXt is considering true 3D holography as a use case, setting requirements on the communication as well as the computing infrastructure. In a future holographic communication service, clients are widely spread in the network and cooperatively interact with each other. Especially for holographic communication high processing power is required as well. This makes a high-speed distributed backbone computing infrastructure, which realizes the concept of split computing, inevitable. Furthermore, tight integration between processing facilities and wireless networks is required in order to provide an immersive user experience. This paper illustrates true 3D holographic communication and its requirements. Afterward, an appropriate solution approach is elaborated. Here, novel technological approaches are discussed based on a proposed overall communication and computing architecture.
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