Everything you want to know about 6G

6G-sixth-generation wireless succeeds in 5G cellular technology. 6G networks can use higher frequencies than 5G networks and provide significantly higher capacity and much less latency. One of 6G Internet’s goals will be to support one micro-second latency communication. The market for 6G technologies is expected to facilitate significant improvements in the fields of imaging, presence technology, and awareness about locations.

Advantages of 6G over 5G:

• 6G Velocities are expected to support 1 terabyte per second (Tbps). This capacity and latency level will be unparalleled and will increase the performance of 5G applications.
• The higher frequencies of 6G will allow for much faster sampling rates in addition to significantly better performance and are expected to result in potentially significant advances in wireless sensing technology.
• Mobile edge computing (MEC) is considered as an addition to 5G networks, and MEC will be integrated into all 6G networks.
• By the time 6G networks are deployed, edge and core computing will become far more seamlessly integrated as part of a combined communications/computation infrastructure framework.
• 6G technology offers operational advantages including enhanced access to Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities.

When to expect 6G:

6G is being developed in response to the increasingly distributed Radio Access Network (RAN) and the desire to exploit the terahertz (THz) spectrum to increase capacity and decrease latency. While there have been some early discussions to define 6G, research, and development (R&D) activities will begin earnestly by 2020. It is expected that many of the problems associated with deploying millimeter wave (MM wave) radio for 5G new radio will be resolved in time for network designers to address 6G challenges.

6G will provide:

• Threat detection
• Health monitoring
• Feature and facial recognition
• Decision making
• Air quality measurements
• Gas and toxicity sensing