6G and Fog Node Mobile Systems for Cooperative, Autonomous, and Dynamic Applications

The sixth generation (6G) mobile systems will be the ultimate technology to support any networking requirement. 6G along with fog computing mobile nodes can support any application and use case within the supply chain delivery, regardless of the systems of systems complexity. In this paper, a holistic end-to-end framework platform based on the integration and leverage of 6G and fog mobile systems for physically-entangled systems is proposed. The framework platform, which relies on 6G fog enabled-delivery drones, terahertz communication, and artificial intelligence technologies, is described. The framework can be applied for highly cooperative, autonomous, and dynamic applications and systems such as supply chain’s last mile delivery of goods, harbour cranes, and maritime ports to help increasing access to goods in general, reduce traffic congestion and energy comsumption, and ease CO2 emissions from transportation. The proposed framework paves the way towards next generation supply chain management including last mile delivery.