W9: Integrated Communication and Computing for Next-generation Mobile Networks
Co-organizer: Jun Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
Co-organizer: Chong Lou, Huawei Technology Co., China
Co-organizer: Kuikui Li, Huawei Technology Co., China
Co-organizer: Xiang Li, China Mobile Research Institute, China
Keynote Speaker: Jun Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
Keynote Speaker: Nan Li, China Mobile, China
Keynote Speaker: Chong Lou, Huawei Technology Co., China
Abstract: The emergence of immersive and intelligent services such as extended reality (XR), autonomous driving network (ADN) and ChatGPT is driving the increasing demand for ubiquitous information exchange and processing. The role of future communications networks will fundamentally change from information transmission infrastructure that provides only connection services to intelligent systems that provide both connection and computing services. The integration of computing and communication enables computing-intensive tasks to be offloaded to nearby nodes along the mobile communication system to implement efficient communication and computing resource sharing. Although the 5G system has introduced the Multi-Access Computing (MEC) that was defined by European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), however, the computing concept in 5G MEC still belongs to application fields and is not yet fully integrated into the scope of 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) networks. With the tighter communication and computing integration, the communication, computing and storage functions can be distributed anywhere between the cloud and users so that the resources on the end-to-end path can be fully utilized. Hence, the communications industries call for interdisciplinary collaboration between mathematics, communication theory, and computing science to explore innovative network paradigms.
Our workshop aims to provide a forum for research, innovation and application for next-generation wireless networks, and to introduce the latest research progress on communication and computing integration. This workshop will focus on the new requirements and challenges that communication and computing integration will pose to the traditional communication network, as well as the key problems to be solved and potential key technologies.
Workshop Schedule:
Keynote:
- Keynote 1, 40 min ( by Prof. Jun Zhang, HKUST)
- Keynote 3, 40 min ( by Dr. Chong Lou, Huawei)
- Keynote 2, 40 min ( by Mr. Nan Li, China Mobile)
Paper presentation:
- Efficient Split Learning for Collaborative Intelligence in Next-generation Mobile Networks Regular paper (20 min)
- Joint Communication and Computing Resource Optimization for Collaborative AI Inference in Mobile Networks Regular paper (20 min)
- UAV-Assisted Edge computing with 3D Trajectory Design and Resource Allocation (20 min)
Speaker’s bios:
Jun Zhang:
Jun Zhang (Fellow, IEEE) received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2009. He is an IEEE Fellow and an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His research interests include wireless communications and networking, mobile edge computing and edge AI, and cooperative AI.
Dr. Zhang co-authored the book Fundamentals of LTE (Prentice-Hall, 2010). He is a co-recipient of several best paper awards, including the 2021 Best Survey Paper Award of the IEEE Communications Society, the 2019 IEEE Communications Society & Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award, and the 2016 Marconi Prize Paper Award in Wireless Communications. Two papers he co-authored received the Young Author Best Paper Award of the IEEE Signal Processing Society in 2016 and 2018, respectively. He also received the 2016 IEEE ComSoc Asia Pacific Best Young Researcher Award. He is an Editor of IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking, and was an editor of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (2015-2020). He served as a MAC track co-chair for IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2011 and a co-chair for the Wireless Communications Symposium of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2021.
Nan Li:
Nan Li is the deputy director of department of Wireless and Device Technology Research in China Mobile Research Institute. He is the Chair of GTI Spectrum working group, the standard editor of five 3GPP and ITU-T 4G/5G specifications. He has long been engaged in 4G/5G radio access technology research and standardizations, including the RAN architecture and protocol design. He has filed more than 350 patents, published 12 SCI/EI papers.
Chong Lou:
Chong Lou (Member, IEEE) is a Principal Engineer at Huawei RAN Research Department, where he leads the RAN research group on 5G/5G+ L2/L3 protocol design, RAN architecture and standardization. His research interests include Quality of Service, L2 architecture, NG-RAN AI and performance evaluation, etc. He is and has been actively contributed to the 3GPP RAN2/RAN3 areas of User Plane, Grant-Free, Small data, URLLC/XR, Mobility and relevant 3GPP NR Release 15-18 standards since from 2016. He has held over 30 NR Standard Essential Patents and served several (co-) rapporteur of 3GPP work items. His current research focus is the next-generation RAN architecture and technologies including IOT, integrated communication and computing networking, distributed networking, and security.
Co-organizer’s bios:
Kuikui Li:
Kuikui Li (Member, IEEE) received the B.E. degree in communications engineering from the School of Telecommunications Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 2016 and the Ph.D. degree in information and communication engineering from the Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, in 2021. He is now a senior research engineer with Wireless Network RAN Research Department, Huawei Technologies CO., Ltd, Shanghai, China. He was a recipient of the 2022 Future Star Medal of Huawei Technologies and the 2022 Excellent New Employee of Huawei Technologies. He has published 13 technical papers and holds a number of patents including 3GPP NR Standard Essential Patents. His current research interests focus on the next-generation RAN architecture and technologies including mobile computing network, network for AI, integrated access and backhaul (IAB), and network-controlled repeater (NCR).
Xiang Li:
Xiang Li is a project researcher of the Department of Wireless and Terminal Technology, China Mobile Research Institute. He joined Datang Telecom Co. Ltd in 2006, joined China Potevio in 2011, and joined China Mobile Research Institute in 2016. His current research is focusing on the deep convergence of communication and computing in RAN, cloud RAN and cloud RAN infrastructure orchestration.
Deadlines:
Paper submission deadline: August 28, 2023
Acceptance notification: September 03, 2023
Final paper submission deadline:September 09, 2023
To submit a paper, please visit: https://vtc2023f-rr-wks.trackchair.com/track/2211