Committed to connecting the world

Networking for the metaverse: The standardization landscape

Networking for the metaverse: The standardization landscape

Authors: Cedric Westphal, Jungha Hong, Shin-Gak Kang, Leonardo Chiariglione, Tianji Jiang
Status: Final
Date of publication: 29 November 2023
Published in: ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies, Volume 4 (2023), Issue 4, Pages 604-618
Article DOI : https://doi.org/10.52953/ZDNU1464
Abstract:
New applications are being supported by current and future networks. In particular, it is expected that metaverse applications will be deployed in the near future, as 5G and 6G networks provide sufficient bandwidth and sufficiently low latency to provide a satisfying end-user experience. However, networks still need to evolve to better support this type of application. We present here a basic taxonomy of the metaverse, which allows us to identify some of the networking requirements for such an application; and we also provide an overview of the current state of the standardization efforts in different standardization organizations, including ITU T, 3GPP, IETF and MPAI.

Keywords: 3GPP, AR/VR, end-to-end latency guarantee, future Internet, high precision networking, IETF, ITU-T, MPAI, metaverse
Rights: © International Telecommunication Union, available under the CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO license.
electronic file
ITEM DETAILARTICLEPRICE
ENGLISH
PDF format   Full article (PDF)
Free of chargeDOWNLOAD