ShengHan Wu, an expert in low-power, flexible, robust error correction for reliable system as storage and 6G comm got in touch with us to explain the challenges with ECC in 5G and how we need to up our game in 6G. Quoting from Wikipedia: "In computing, telecommunication, information theory, and coding theory, forward error correction (FEC) or channel coding is a technique used for ..read more

ETSI's Conference on 6G NTN took place this week on 3-4 April 2024 in ETSI, Sophia Antipolis, France. The conference was co-organized with the ESA, 6G-IA and the SNS-JU. The focus of the conference was from NTN research to global standards, plotting the trajectory to a fully connected planet. Quoting from the event page:From NTN research to global standards, plotting the trajectory to a fully ..read more

Honor (Chinese: 荣耀) is a Chinese consumer electronics brand majority-owned by Shenzhen Zhixin New Information Technology Co. Ltd, a state-owned enterprise controlled by the municipal government of Shenzhen. It was formerly a subsidiary of Huawei, who sold the brand in November 2020. Honor develops smartphones, tablet computers, wearables and mobile device software.In a press release for MWC ..read more

Last year, at the ETSI's Research Conference, 'Maximizing the Impact of European 6G Research through Standardization', Paul Wijngaard - Board Member, Future Network Services foundation provided an 'Overview of Dutch 6G R&D collaboration in Future Network Services program' (presentation here).In October 2023, FNS was launched having received €61 million for the first phase of the ..read more

One of the hot topics everyone keeps talking about in B5G/6G context is Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) or Joint Sensing and Communications (JSAC). Another term that I came across recently in context of ISAC/JSAC is DFRC. Here is an explanation of the term from this paper: ISAC permits different levels of integration, of which radar-communication coexistence (RCC) and ..read more

There is no shortage of 6G spectrum related discussions so here is a post from us. Here are the main points we get asked:Q: How much spectrum would be needed for 6G?A: Well, we don't know that for sure right now. It would depend on how much spectrum is made available in a particular band, which applications become popular and what devices are used and what their data requirements are. In short ..read more

ATIS’ Next G Alliance (NGA) recently announced the release of the Green G Working Group’s white paper titled "Evolution of Sustainability Indicators for Next Generation Radio Network Technologies". The report/paper can be downloaded from here.The following is from the paper introduction:Climate change is the defining issue of our time and one of the greatest challenges for humanity to address. As ..read more

A recent email from the analyst firm Omdia boldly claimed, "2024 marks the official start of the 6G race...". This may be true but there hasn't been any shortage of 6G events and conferences last year. In fact you would blink and miss one of them. The same happened to us as we did not see or hear anything about the ELLIIT 6G Symposium in Lund, Sweden.Quite a few presentations from the ..read more

The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom. Ofcom has wide-ranging powers across the television, radio, telecoms and postal sectors. It has a statutory duty to represent the interests of citizens and consumers by promoting competition and ..read more

One of the sessions at Brooklyn 6G Summit 2023 looked at "Cloud Native Architecture and Migration towards 6G". It consisted of two talks followed by a panel session. The first talk by Frank Fitzek, Professor and head of the “Deutsche Telekom Chair of Communication Networks” at TU Dresden introduced the 6G-life project from TU Dresden and TU Munich. In the talk the main objectives, goals, and ..read more