The 6G Global Summit was held on 21 – 22 May in London (and online) by Forum Europe (a.k.a. Forum Global). It brought together top-level industry and policy representatives from all around the world to explore the path to 2030 and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Early visions and research on future 6G technologies and requirements were discussed, along with the key drivers ..read more

The Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) announced the 27 winners of its second call for proposals, with a €130 million funding boost back in October last year. The press release said:The Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) is pleased to unveil the selection of its new 27 research, innovation, and trial projects that will commence operations as of 1 January ..read more

Next-G Alliance (NGA) from ATIS, North America and 6G Forum (previously 5G Forum) held a joint workshop earlier this month. Unfortunately I can't find the website for this so the only information available is the video from the two days which is embedded below:DAY 100:00 Opening and Introductions6:03 Introduction to Next G Alliance12:05 Introduction to 6G Forum Korea21:05 Korea’s 6G R&D ..read more

3GPP Stage 1 workshop on IMT 2030 use cases took place on May 8-10 2024 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Its objective was to bring 3GPP closer to the ongoing initiatives of various global/regional research organizations and MRPs related to the 6G use cases. This collaborative effort is of utmost importance as 3GPP SA1 undertakes the task of defining the requirements and use cases for 6G starting ..read more

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