Cited by 168Teleoperation and Haptic SystemsTactile and Sensory InteractionsSpeech and Audio Processing

Haptic Codecs for the Tactile Internet

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Steinbach, Eckehard, Strese, Matti, Eid, Mohamad, Liu, Xun, Bhardwaj, Amit, Liu, Qian, Al-Ja'Afreh, Mohammad, Mahmoodi, Toktam +3 more·2019·Proceedings of the IEEE

Abstract

The Tactile Internet will enable users to physically explore remote environments and to make their skills available across distances. An important technological aspect in this context is the acquisition, compression, transmission, and display of haptic information. In this paper, we present the fundamentals and state of the art in haptic codec design for the Tactile Internet. The discussion covers both kinesthetic data reduction and tactile signal compression approaches. We put a special focus on how limitations of the human haptic perception system can be exploited for efficient perceptual coding of kinesthetic and tactile information. Further aspects addressed in this paper are the multiplexing of audio and video with haptic information and the quality evaluation of haptic communication solutions. Finally, we describe the current status of the ongoing IEEE standardization activity P1918.1.1 which has the ambition to standardize the first set of codecs for kinesthetic and tactile information exchange across communication networks.

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Steinbach, E., Strese, M., Eid, M., Liu, X., Bhardwaj, A., Liu, Q., Al-Ja'Afreh, M., Mahmoodi, T., Hassen, R., El Saddik, A., & Holland, O.
Affiliations
  • Technical University of Munich (DE)
  • New York University Abu Dhabi (AE)
  • King's College London (GB)
  • Dalian University of Technology (CN)
Venue
Proceedings of the IEEE
Published
2019-02
Volume
107
Issue
2
Pages
447-470
ISSN
  • 0018-9219 (ISSN-L)
  • 1558-2256
OpenAlex
W2912555763
Cited by
168
References
187
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 31 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 9
FWCI
10.02
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Proceedings of the IEEE (publishedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • German Research Foundation (DFG) (STE 1093/6-1, STE 1093/8-1)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (61761136019)
  • Kings College London (DUT18JC17)
  • Ericsson 5G Tactile Internet Industry Grant to Kings College London
  • Project 5G NORMA part of the UK DCMS 5GUK Project (H2020-ICT-2014-2)
  • Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation under a research fellowship at the Technical University of Munich
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Teleoperation and Haptic Systems
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Signal Processing › Speech and Audio Processing
Keywords
tactile internet, haptic communication, perceptual coding

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