Du J., Jiang C. Cooperation and Integration in 6G Heterogeneous Networks: Resource Allocation and Networking

Springer, 2023. — 461 p. — (Wireless Networks). — ISBN: 978-981-19-7647-6.The first book on the multi-dimensional resource management for heterogenous communication, computing, and caching in 6G.To provide ubiquitous and various services, 6G networks tend to be more comprehensive and multidimensional by integrating current terrestrial networks with space-/air-based information networks and marine information networks; then, heterogeneous network resources, as well as different types of users and data, will be also integrated. Driven by the exponentially growing demands of multimedia data traffic and computation-heavy applications, 6G heterogeneous networks are expected to achieve a high QoS with ultra-reliability and low latency. In response, resource allocation has been considered an important factor that can improve 6G performance directly by configuring heterogeneous communication, computing, and caching resources effectively and efficiently.Part I: Introduction.
Part I introduces the heterogeneous architecture of 6G networks, and many challenges and mathematic tools for resource allocation in 6G, so that readers have a preliminary understanding of knowledge in this field.
Part II: Cooperative Transmission in Heterogeneous Networks.
Part II provides an introduction to the cooperative resource allocation mechanisms in heterogeneous cellular networks and heterogeneous space-based networks to enhance the transmission capability.
Part III: Cooperative Transmission in Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Networks.
Part III includes a description of cooperative transmission mechanism design in integrated satellite-terrestrial networks from aspects of transmission capability enhancement, secure transmission with interference control, and adaptivity to traffic properties.
Part IV: Cooperative Computation and Caching in Heterogeneous Networks.
Part IV contains a description of QoS-aware computational resource allocation, QoS-aware caching resource allocation, priority-aware computational resource allocation, and energy-aware computational resource allocation in 6G heterogeneous networks.
Part V: Cooperative Resource and Information Sharing Among Users.
Part V provides study cases to show how to solve the key challenges in resource and information sharing among users for data transactions, trustworthiness evaluation, and privacy protection in mobile networks.
Part VI: Conclusion.
Part VI provides a brief summary of the book.This book adopts the total-point-total writing format.