Recent developments in the field of telecommunications, and at the same time in the field of smart sensors and instrumentation, have opened new horizons for society, especially for the digital society and smart implementations such as smart cities, smart homes, smart agriculture, smart healthcare, smart transportation, and smart manufacturing through Industry 4.0. To optimize the deployment of new smart sensing and instrumentation for these applications, communications between different sensing and actuation modules, as well as communications to convey the sensed information to decision-making entities, represent important issues in the 5G and beyond era. Characteristics such as flexibility, interoperability, and scalability of wireless and wired systems are key factors for the development of the digital society. In this framework, TC-13 members are working to provide solutions for the emerging field of telecommunications, with a focus on wireless communications (beyond 5G, Wi-Fi, satellite, unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as the co-existence of such systems), optical communications (fiberoptic based, optical wireless, and visible light) and underwater communications (acoustic and optical wireless). At the same time, and in strong connection with the above developments, significant research efforts have been made in the area of Internet-of-things (IoT). TC-13 is developing important research work related to IoT ecosystem components, including the communication between sensors and instrumentation and the edge/fog/cloud computing. 5G is a key component in the evolution of cloud-computing toward a more distributed environment, including fog and edge computing.

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TC-13——测量中的无线电和电信——在行动

电信领域的最新发展，同时在智能传感器和仪器领域的发展，为社会开辟了新的视野，特别是对于数字社会和智能实施，如智慧城市、智能家居、智慧农业、智慧医疗、智能交通和智能制造通过工业 4.0。为了优化为这些应用部署新的智能传感和仪器，不同传感和驱动模块之间的通信以及将传感信息传达给决策实体的通信是 5G 及以后时代的重要问题。无线和有线系统的灵活性、互操作性和可扩展性等特性是数字社会发展的关键因素。在这个框架中，TC-13 成员致力于为新兴的电信领域提供解决方案，重点是无线通信（超越 5G、Wi-Fi、卫星、无人机，以及此类系统的共存）、光通信（基于光纤、光学无线和可见光）和水下通信（声学和光学无线）。同时，与上述发展密切相关，在物联网（IoT）领域进行了大量研究工作。TC-13 正在开展与物联网生态系统组件相关的重要研究工作，包括传感器和仪器之间的通信以及边缘/雾/云计算。5G 是云计算向更分布式环境（包括雾计算和边缘计算）演进的关键组成部分。