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1/123AbstractEdgecomputing,asakeytechnologyofthenextgenerationofradioaccessnetworks(RAN),hasdriventhedecentralizationofnetworksandcomputingfacilities.Edgeserversclosertouserterminalscansignificantlyreduceservicelatencyandcopewithemergingnewscenarios.Simultaneously,therapiddevelopmentofartificialintelligence(AI)playsasignificantroleinenhancingtheperformanceofedgecomputing,aidingedgedevicesincopingwiththerapidlyincreasingdataontheedge.Therefore,combiningthelocalcomputingcapabilityofedgedatawiththestrongcomputingcapabilitiesofAI,knownasedgeintelligence,canenhancethedataprocessingcapabilitiesontheedge,improvetheoverallperformanceofwirelesscommunicationsystems,andenhanceuserserviceexperiences.Edgeintelligenceisahotandrapidlydevelopingfieldinrecentyears,andthiswhitepaperaimstoanalyzethecurrentresearchprogressinedgeintelligence.Itmainlyincludes:(1)6GEdgeIntelligenceNetworksandInfrastructure:Firstly,theedge-nativeintelligentarchitecturefor6Gnetworksisanalyzed.Then,theedgeintelligencecomputinginfrastructureisintroduced,includingedgeintelligenthardwareandcloudplatforms.Finally,theedgeintelligencenetworkinfrastructureisdescribed,includingtheedgeintelligenceaccessnetworkandcorenetwork.(2)KeyTechnologiesofEdge-NativeIntelligence:Itisintroducedfromtheaspectsofmodellightweight,edge-cloudcollaborativeintelligence,edgeintelligentdeployment,anddeepedgenodes.Edgeintelligenceinwirelessfederatedlearningisalsoexplainedindetail,includingmodelsparsificationandmodelquantizationin(3)ApplicationsofEdge-NativeIntelligence:Typicalapplicationsofedge-nativeintelligenceareanalyzed,suchassmarttransportation,smartmanufacturing,and federatedlearning.smartenergysaving. 2/123Contents1.Introduction.....................................................................................................................................31.1Background...........................................................................................................................31.2OverviewofEdgeComputingandEdge-NativeIntelligence.............................................41.3ImportanceofEdge-NativeIntelligence..............................................................................52.6GEdgeIntelligenceNetworksandInfrastructure........................................................................72.1Edge-NativeIntelligenceArchitecturefor6G.....................................................................72.2EdgeIntelligenceComputingInfrastructure......................................................................122.3EdgeIntelligenceNetworkInfrastructure..........................................................................373.KeyTechnologiesofEdge-NativeIntelligence............................................................................593.1ModelLightweighting........................................................................................................593.2Edge-CloudCollaborativeIntelligence..............................................................................683.3WirelessFederatedLearninginEdgeIntelligence.............................................................753.4EdgeIntelligenceDeployment...........................................................................................853.5DeepEdgeNodes...............................................................................................................914.Edge-NativeIntelligenceApplications.......................................................................................1014.1SmartTransportation........................................................................................................1014.2SmartManufacturing........................................................................................................1104.3IntelligentEnergySaving.................................................................................................1185.DevelopmentandChallengesofEdge-NativeIntelligence.......................................................1206.Acknowledgment........................................................................................................................123 1.Introduction1.1BackgroundFrom1Gto5G,communicationtechnologyhasundergonemultipleupgradesandtransformations,significantlyimprovingdatatransferrates,reducinglatency,andexpandingnetworkcoverage.However,withtherapiddevelopmentoftechnologiessuchas the Internet of Things(IoT)and AI,the Internet of Everything andincreasinglycomplex application scenarios pose challenges that existing networkarchitecturescannot meet.Therefore,as the next generation of communicationtechnology,6G must possess higher performance and more powerful intelligentcapabilities,driving the transition of edge-side networks from"Internet ofEverything"to"IntelligenceofEverything."Tobetteradapttofuturediverseandcomplexuser requests and application scenarios,the concept of edge-nativeintelligencecameintobeingbyintegratingintelligenttechnologyintothedesignandimplementationofcommunicationsystems.Inrecentye