Toward Interactive Multi-User Extended Reality Using Millimeter-Wave Networking
Extended Reality (XR) enables a plethora of novel interactive shared experiences. Ideally, users are allowed to roam around freely, while audiovisual content is delivered wirelessly to their Head-Mounted Displays (HMDs). Therefore, truly immersive experiences will require massive amounts of data, in the range of tens of gigabits per second, to be delivered reliably at extremely low latencies. We identify Millimeter-Wave (mmWave) communications, at frequencies between 24 and 300 GHz, as a key enabler for such experiences. In this article, we show how the mmWave state of the art does not yet achieve sufficient performance, and identify several key active research directions expected to eventually pave the way for extremely-high-quality mmWave-enabled interactive multi-user XR.
Authors
- Nabeel Nisar Bhat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2375-8618)
- Barend van Liempd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6877-8116)
- Jakob Struye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1360-7672)
- Maria Torres Vega (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5656-6607)
- Jeroen Famaey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3587-1354)
- Sam Van Damme (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5398-7927)
- Hany Assasa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6009-0288)
- Filip Lemić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5760-4591)
- Arno Troch
Institutions
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Ghent University (BE)
- IMEC (BE)
- i2CAT (ES)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- IEEE Communications Magazine
- Published
- 2024-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/mcom.001.2300804
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.04
Funders
- Agentschap Innoveren en Ondernemen
- European Commission
- Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- Vlaamse regering
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme
- Agencia Estatal de Investigación