Softwarized Infrastructures for Tactile Internet Applications

The Internet has evolved from a fixed and text based-Internet to a multimedia mobile Internet and finally to the Internet of Things (IoT). The Tactile Internet is the next foreseen stage. It will enable haptic communications over networks in addition to the visual and auditory communications of today. Many new applications are expected from sectors such as tele-operations, immersive entertainment systems, robotics and manufacturing. These applications have very stringent latency reliability requirements. Softwarized infrastructures support applications through software-oriented operations. The key enablers are cloud computing, edge/fog computing, network function virtualization (NFV) and software defined networks (SDN). These infrastructures offer a great level of flexibility and are actually the pillars of next generation networks. However, they still do not offer the levels of ultra-low latency and ultra-high reliability required by Tactile Internet. This project will specify and validate original and innovative softwarized infrastructures for Tactile Internet applications. The use cases considered in the project include remote robotic surgery and remote phobia treatment