Federated Learning for 6G: Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities

Abstract

Traditional machine learning is centralized in the cloud (data centers). Recently, the security concern and the availability of abundant data and computation resources in wireless networks are pushing the deployment of learning algorithms towards the network edge. This has led to the emergence of a fast growing area, called federated learning (FL), which integrates two originally decoupled areas: wireless communication and machine learning. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive study on the applications of FL for sixth generation (6G) wireless networks. First, we discuss the key requirements in applying FL for wireless communications. Then, we focus on the motivating application of FL for wireless communications. We identify the main problems, challenges, and provide a comprehensive treatment of implementing FL techniques for wireless communications.

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