Hlophe, Mduduzi ComfortMaharaj, Bodhaswar Tikanath Jugpershad2024-03-082024-03-082023-12-14Hlophe, M.C.; Maharaj, B.T. From Cyber–Physical Convergence to Digital Twins: A Review on Edge Computing Use Case Designs. Applied Sciences 2023, 13, 13262. https://DOI.org/10.3390/app132413262.2076-341710.3390/app132413262http://hdl.handle.net/2263/95114AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS : The authors contributed equally in this work. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.As a result of the new telecommunication ecosystem landscape, wireless communication has become an interdisciplinary field whose future is shaped by several interacting dimensions. These interacting dimensions, which form the cyber–physical convergence, closely link the technological perspective to its social, economic, and cognitive sciences counterparts. Beyond the current operational framework of the Internet of Things (IoT), network devices will be equipped with capabilities for learning, thinking, and understanding so that they can autonomously make decisions and take appropriate actions. Through this autonomous operation, wireless networking will be ushered into a paradigm that is primarily inspired by the efficient and effective use of (i) AI strategies, (ii) big data analytics, as well as (iii) cognition. This is the Cognitive Internet of People Processes Data and Things (CIoPPD&T), which can be defined in terms of the cyber–physical convergence. In this article, through the discussion of how the cyber–physical convergence and the interacting dynamics of the socio-technical ecosystem are enablers of digital twins (DTs), the network DT (NDT) is discussed in the context of 6G networks. Then, the design and realization of edge computing-based NDTs are discussed, which culminate with the vehicle-to-edge (V2E) use cases.en© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.Big dataBig data analyticsCyber–physical convergenceDay 3Digital twinEdge computingOpen RANInternet of Things (IoT)Artificial intelligence (AI)Sixth generation (6G)Cognitive Internet of people processes data and things (CIoPPD&T)Digital twins (DTs)Network digital twins (NDT)SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructureArticle