ITU-T Recommendations

According to ITU-T Technology Watch Report, The Tactile Internet (2014), the character of the tactile Internet is defined as extremely low latency in combination with high availability, reliability and security.

The existing telecommunication networks are mainly developed for distributing traditional voice, video and data services which parameters do not require extremely low latency.

The services which are based on tactile Internet will require establishing new principles of data processing in current and future networks. Currently, most existing telecommunication networks do not allow operators to scale tactile Internet services and provide it to most of their customers.

In this regard, a model network may become an operator's tool aimed at testing the tactile Internet services before the implementation on the live telecommunication network.

Recommendation ITU-T Q.4065 describes the architecture, scenarios, and key networks metrics for establishing model network for testing tactile Internet services. Specifically, the aim of a model network is to study the general principles of data generation for transmission of a tactile sensation through the telecommunication networks, including analysis of the network latency and other network performance parameters.