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J. Park and M. Bennis, "URLLC-eMBB Slicing to Support VR Multimodal Perceptions over Wireless Cellular Systems," 2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2018, pp. 1-7. doi: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2018.8647208

URLLC-eMBB slicing to support VR multimodal perceptions over wireless cellular systems

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Author: Park, Jihong1; Bennis, Mehdi1
Organizations: 1Centre for Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, Oulu 90014, Finland
Format: article
Version: accepted version
Access: open
Online Access: PDF Full Text (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Persistent link: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2019061019627
Language: English
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2018
Publish Date: 2019-06-10
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Abstract

Virtual reality (VR) enables mobile wireless users to experience multimodal perceptions in a virtual space. In this paper we investigate the problem of concurrent support of visual and haptic perceptions over wireless cellular networks, with a focus on the downlink transmission phase. While the visual perception requires moderate reliability and maximized rate, the haptic perception requires fixed rate and high reliability. Hence, the visuo-haptic VR traffic necessitates the use of two different network slices: enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) for visual perception and ultra-reliable and low latency communication (URLLC) for haptic perception. We investigate two methods by which these two slices share the downlink resources orthogonally and non-orthogonally, respectively. We compare these methods in terms of the just-noticeable difference (JND), an established measure in psychophysics, and show that non- orthogonal slicing becomes preferable under a higher target integrated-perceptual resolution and/or a higher target rate for haptic perceptions.

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Series: IEEE Global Communications Conference
ISSN: 2334-0983
ISSN-E: 2576-6813
ISSN-L: 2334-0983
ISBN: 978-1-5386-4727-1
ISBN Print: 978-1-5386-4728-8
Article number: 8647208
DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2018.8647208
OADOI: https://oadoi.org/10.1109/GLOCOM.2018.8647208
Host publication: 2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2018
Conference: IEEE Global Communications Conference
Type of Publication: A4 Article in conference proceedings
Field of Science: 213 Electronic, automation and communications engineering, electronics
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Funding: This paper has benefited from comments and suggestions by P. Popovski and O. Simeone. The work was supported in part by the Academy of Finland project CARMA, and 6Genesis Flagship (grant no. 318927), in part by the INFOTECH project NOOR, and in part by the Kvantum Institute strategic project SAFARI.
Academy of Finland Grant Number: 318927
Detailed Information: 318927 (Academy of Finland Funding decision)
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