Unleashing the Power of Edge-Cloud Generative AI in Mobile Networks: A Survey of AIGC Services

Artificial Intelligence-Generated Content (AIGC) is an automated method for generating, manipulating, and modifying valuable and diverse data using AI algorithms creatively. This survey paper focuses on the deployment of AIGC applications, e.g., ChatGPT and Dall-E, at mobile edge networks, namely mobile AIGC networks, that provide personalized and customized AIGC services in real time while maintaining user privacy. We begin by introducing the background and fundamentals of generative models and the lifecycle of AIGC services at mobile AIGC networks, which includes data collection, training, fine-tuning, inference, and product management. We then discuss the collaborative cloud-edge-mobile infrastructure and…

• NS
  National Science Foundation

  Awards: ECCS-2335876, CNS-2128448, CNS-2148382
• NR
  National Research Foundation Singapore
• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: U22A2054, 62102099
• SU
  Singapore University of Technology and Design

  Award: SRG-ISTD-2021-165
• GP
  Guangdong Provincial Pearl River Talents Program

  Award: 2021QN02S643