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arxiv: 1906.08554 · v1 · pith:XVHPBHPInew · submitted 2019-06-20 · 💻 cs.NI

Tactile Internet and its Contribution in the Development of Smart Cities

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The pith

Tactile Internet provides a framework for smart devices to communicate in real time with 1 ms round-trip latency using the IEEE 1918.1 standard.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper introduces tactile internet as the next step after the internet of things, aimed at enabling real-time human-machine and machine-to-machine interactions in smart cities. It defines the core requirement as achieving 1 ms round-trip latency while maintaining reliability, security, and availability in 5G networks. The central proposal is a high-performance framework that applies the IEEE 1918.1 standard to connect smart devices, allowing machines to handle tasks where human capability is limited and thereby increasing overall human effectiveness. A sympathetic reader would see this as a concrete way to turn abstract 5G promises into operational smart-city infrastructure. The work positions the framework as a new research direction rather than a fully tested deployment.

Core claim

The paper claims that tactile internet, defined by the ITU in 2014, supplies the fast, reliable, secure, and available network needed for smart cities in 5G, and that a framework built on the IEEE 1918.1 standard can deliver real-time (1 ms round-trip) communication among smart devices, thereby supporting human-machine and machine-to-machine interactions that strengthen machine capabilities where humans are weak and increase the value of human power.

What carries the argument

The IEEE 1918.1 standard, which the paper positions as the mechanism for enforcing the 1 ms round-trip latency and reliability constraints in the tactile-internet framework.

If this is right

  • Smart devices in cities can interact with humans and each other in real time at the 1 ms scale.
  • Machines can take on tasks where human strength or speed is limited, raising the effective value of human work.
  • 5G networks gain the fast, reliable, secure, and available connectivity required for smart-city applications.
  • Research on smart cities gains a new dimension focused on tactile-internet frameworks.
  • Human-machine collaboration becomes feasible in domains previously limited by communication delays.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • If the 1 ms target holds, city planners could redesign traffic, energy, and emergency systems around instantaneous machine responses.
  • The same latency bound might extend to remote surgery or industrial control, though the paper does not explore those domains.
  • Deployment would require verifying that existing 5G base stations and device hardware already satisfy the IEEE 1918.1 timing without extra hardware.
  • A practical next step would be a small-scale testbed measuring end-to-end latency under realistic urban interference.

Load-bearing premise

The IEEE 1918.1 standard will deliver the required 1 ms round-trip latency and reliability in actual smart-city deployments without further technical or infrastructure hurdles.

What would settle it

A field measurement of round-trip latency between smart devices in a deployed smart-city network that uses the IEEE 1918.1 standard and consistently exceeds 1 ms would show the framework does not meet its stated performance target.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 1906.08554 by Tanweer Alam.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: 5G Network Because of these features the internet want to move from mobile to Tactile Internet. The proposed research work in this project is an enhancement and implementation of reliable framework based on Tactile Internet emerging technology next to the internet of things. The research outcome is to establish a new reliable framework for communication among human to machine and machine to machine in the … view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: Human reaction time [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: An example of Tactile Internet 3. Conclusion The main contribution of this research is designing a framework for ultra-reliable, low latency and high availability communication in Internet of smart devices for future smart cities using the Tactile Internet. The proposed framework is specifically appropriate for applications in which data is periodically transmitted in internet of smart devices environment.… view at source ↗
read the original abstract

The Tactile Internet (TI) is an emerging technology next to the Internet of Things (IoT). It is a revolution to develop the smart cities, communities and cultures in the future. This technology will allow the real-time interaction between human and machines as well as machine-to-machine with the 1ms challenge to achieve in round trip latency. The term TI is defined by International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in August 2014. The TI provides fast, reliable, secure and available internet network that is the requirements of the smart cities in 5G. Tactile internet can develop the part of world where the machines are strong and human are weak. It increases the power of machines so that the value of human power will increase automatically. In this framework, we have presented the idea of tactile internet for the next generation smart cities. This research will provide a high-performance reliable framework for the internet of smart devices to communicate with each other in a real-time (1ms round trip) using IEEE 1918.1 standard. The objective of this research is expected to bring a new dimension in the research of the smart cities.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript introduces Tactile Internet (TI) per the ITU 2014 definition and proposes its role in smart-city development through real-time human-machine and machine-to-machine interaction. It asserts that the IEEE 1918.1 standard will enable a high-performance reliable framework achieving 1 ms round-trip latency in 5G networks, with the objective of bringing a new dimension to smart-city research.

Significance. If the 1 ms latency target and framework were demonstrated under realistic smart-city conditions, the work could contribute to ultra-reliable low-latency communications for 5G-enabled applications. The manuscript, however, contains no architecture, traffic model, latency budget, simulation results, or reliability analysis to support this outcome.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: The central claim that 'This research will provide a high-performance reliable framework for the internet of smart devices to communicate with each other in a real-time (1ms round trip) using IEEE 1918.1 standard' is unsupported; the text presents only an 'idea' and states the objective is 'expected to bring a new dimension,' with no accompanying derivation, latency analysis, or validation.
  2. [Abstract] Abstract: The premise that IEEE 1918.1 can deliver the required 1 ms RTT and reliability in smart-city deployments is asserted without addressing variable load, heterogeneous devices, or last-mile constraints; no latency budget or mitigation strategy is supplied, making the feasibility claim load-bearing yet unexamined.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: The phrasing 'the 1ms challenge to achieve in round trip latency' is grammatically awkward; rephrase for clarity.
  2. [Abstract] Abstract: The sentence 'It increases the power of machines so that the value of human power will increase automatically' is vague and lacks technical content; consider removal or grounding in specific TI mechanisms.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

2 responses · 0 unresolved

We thank the referee for the constructive comments. The manuscript is a high-level conceptual position paper outlining the potential role of Tactile Internet and IEEE 1918.1 in smart cities rather than a technical validation study. We agree the abstract claims are stated too strongly and will revise to clarify scope, objectives, and limitations.

read point-by-point responses

  1. Referee: [Abstract] The central claim that 'This research will provide a high-performance reliable framework for the internet of smart devices to communicate with each other in a real-time (1ms round trip) using IEEE 1918.1 standard' is unsupported; the text presents only an 'idea' and states the objective is 'expected to bring a new dimension,' with no accompanying derivation, latency analysis, or validation.

    Authors: We agree the wording overstates the contribution. The manuscript proposes a high-level framework idea aligned with the ITU definition and IEEE 1918.1 targets but does not include analysis or validation. We will revise the abstract to describe the work as a conceptual framework proposal whose objective is to stimulate further research, explicitly noting that detailed latency modeling and validation remain future work. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Abstract] The premise that IEEE 1918.1 can deliver the required 1 ms RTT and reliability in smart-city deployments is asserted without addressing variable load, heterogeneous devices, or last-mile constraints; no latency budget or mitigation strategy is supplied, making the feasibility claim load-bearing yet unexamined.

    Authors: The comment is correct; the manuscript does not examine these practical factors because it is not a performance study. We will revise the abstract and introduction to state that the 1 ms target is the design goal per the IEEE 1918.1 standard and ITU-T, while acknowledging that realizing it under variable smart-city conditions requires additional research on traffic models, latency budgets, and deployment constraints. revision: yes

Circularity Check

0 steps flagged

No circularity; conceptual proposal without derivations or self-referential reductions.

full rationale

The paper is a forward-looking conceptual proposal that states an objective of providing a framework using the IEEE 1918.1 standard for 1 ms RTT. It contains no equations, fitted parameters, predictions, uniqueness theorems, or self-citations that could reduce any claim to its own inputs by construction. The central statements reference external standards (ITU definition, IEEE 1918.1) as given requirements rather than deriving results from them. This is the most common honest finding for survey-style papers: the derivation chain is absent, so no circularity exists.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 0 axioms · 0 invented entities

The paper is a conceptual proposal and introduces no free parameters, mathematical axioms, or invented entities.

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