New applications are being supported by current and future networks. In particular, it is expected that Metaverse applications will be deployed in the near future, as 5G and 6G network provide sufficient bandwidth and sufficiently low latency to provide a satisfying end-user experience. However, networks still need to evolve to better support this type of application. We present here a basic taxonomy of the metaverse, which allows to identify some of the networking requirements for such an application; we also provide an overview of the current state of balthe standardization efforts in different standardization organizations, including ITU-T, 3GPP, IETF and MPAI.

翻译：新应用正在得到当前及未来网络的支持。特别是，随着5G和6G网络提供足够的带宽和足够低的延迟以实现令人满意的终端用户体验，预计元宇宙应用将在不久的将来得到部署。然而，网络仍需演进以更好地支持此类应用。本文提出了元宇宙的基本分类法，从而能够识别此类应用的部分网络需求；此外，我们还概述了不同标准化组织（包括ITU-T、3GPP、IETF和MPAI）中标准化工作的当前状态。