Toward Tactile Internet

Leads with the recent progress and development in the field of robotics and haptic devices, Tactile Internet became the next communication wave after the internet of things (IoT). Far from the traditional Internet in which audio and visual senses can be transferred, Tactile Internet is a new communication paradigm that supports the haptic communications in real time and provides a new way for the human-to-machine (H2M) communication. There are many challenges associated with the Tactile Internet, however the 1ms end-to-end latency remains the most considerable.In this work, we provide a better understanding of the Tactile Internet system, by defining the main system parameters, components, design requirements and design challenges of the system. We provide the recent progress for realizing Tactile Internet and the main work introduced to provide appropriate solutions for the design issues. A vision of the Tactile Internet system realization and system applications is introduced. Moreover; we investigate the market reflection on Tactile Internet development and realization and a time plan based on the market progress and the academic research is set, to predict away for the Tactile Internet. © 2019 IEEE.