Traditional machine learning is centralized in the cloud (data centers).
Recently, the security concern and the availability of abundant data and
computation resources in wireless networks are pushing the deployment of
learning algorithms towards the network edge. This has led to the emergence of
a fast growing area, called federated learning (FL), which integrates two
originally decoupled areas: wireless communication and machine learning. In
this paper, we provide a comprehensive study on the applications of FL for
sixth generation (6G) wireless networks. First, we discuss the key requirements
in applying FL for wireless communications. Then, we focus on the motivating
application of FL for wireless communications. We identify the main problems,
challenges, and provide a comprehensive treatment of implementing FL techniques
for wireless communications
