Beyond 5G: Big Data Processing for Better Spectrum Utilization

IEEE by emailing pubs-permissions@ieee.org. This is the author’s version of an article that has been published in in IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine. Changes were made to this version by the publisher prior to publication, the final version of record is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MVT.2020.2988415. To cite the paper use: A. Kliks et al., "Beyond 5G: Big Data Processing for Better Spectrum Utilization," in IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 40-50, Sept. 2020, doi: 10.1109/MVT.2020.2988415 or visit https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9110727 This article emphasizes the great potential of big data processing for advanced userand situation-oriented, so context-aware resource utilization in future wireless networks. In particular, we consider the application of dedicated, detailed and rich-in-content maps and records called Radio Service Maps, (RSM) for unlocking the spectrum opportunities in 6G networks. Due to the characteristics of 5G, in the future, there will be a need for high convergence of various types of wireless networks, such as cellular and the Internet-of-Things (IoT) networks, which are steadily growing and consequently considered as the studied use case in this work. We show that the 6G network significantly benefits from effective Dynamic Spectrum management (DSM) based on RSM which provides rich and accurate knowledge of the radio context; a knowledge that is stored and processed within database-oriented subsystems designed to support wireless networks for improving spectral efficiency. In this article, we discuss context-aware RSM subsystem architecture and operation for DSM in convergent 6G radio and IoT networks. By providing various use-cases, we demonstrate that the accurate definition and access to the rich context information leads to a significant improvement of the system performance. In consequence, we also claim that efficient big-data processing algorithms will be necessary in future applications.

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