The quest for cutting-edge communications with high-octane network speeds is an area of research that continues to expand. The Research and Development units of major smartphone manufacturers continue to feel a certain Eldorado. Huawei and s few other companies have shown snippets of what could be achieved with 6G technology and the great opportunities waiting to be tapped.

Korea tech giant, LG has now added to the narrative by proposing to demonstrate the 6G technology during its participation in the 2021 Korea Science and Technology Exhibition from 22 to 24 December 2021. The company will showcase its strides in 6G wireless transmission and reception during the Exhibition held at Kintex, Ilsan. LG will unveil a power amplifier for 6G for the first time, in conjunction with the Fraunhofer Research Institute, Germany. LG has already tested the 6G power amplifier in Berlin back in August 2021. The company was able to successfully transmit and receive wireless data within a 100-meter direct distance outdoors using the 6G frequency band.

The power amplifier is meant to provide sufficient amplification of the transmission frequency for ultra-wideband wireless communication. The 6G terahertz frequency band will enable super high-speed data transmission rates not possible with current networks. The 6G network speed could reach 1 terabit per second. The company also demonstrated its adaptive beamforming technology for enhanced data quality, in partnership with Keysight Technologies.

The race for the commercial deployment of 6G technology is on and LG is targeting 2029 for the commercialization of its 6G technology. We’ll see whether LG will be pipped to the diadem by other companies.

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South Korean has just unveiled its five year project for the development of core technologies for 6G telecommunications technology. This plan will have the government invest 220 billion won (roughly 193 million US Dollars).

According to an AjuDaily report, South Korea is stepping up its efforts for the joint research and cooperation with the United States of America. The nation is aiming on achieving the world’s first commercialization of 6G mobile telecommunications by the year 2028. This investment was announced earlier today (23rd June 2021) at a 6G strategy meeting that was attended by experts, company officials, and government officials as well.

Science and ICT Minister Lim Hye-sook stated in the conference that “As the next-generation mobile network is the foundation of digital innovation, we should play a bold and challenging role together to lead the international market in the 6th generation era based on our experience and know-how in the network field.” The report also added that a 6G network can only be commercialized when a high performance network on the ground and satellite communication are combined.

Furthermore, researchers have also called for the early development of 6G related tech while companies have tied up with research bodies to secure core 6G technologies as well. The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) stated that it is working on the terahertz (THz) frequency band that could potentially provide a way to meet 6G requirements of terabits per second data transfer rate.

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Known telecom groups from Japan and Finland are teaming up for the development of 6G networking. This would have the joint effort focus on research and development of the sixth generation of telecommunications technology to help in setting up standards in a race with China.

According to a NikkeiAsia report, Finland’s telecom equipment maker Nokia, a major player in the industry, will join this effort. Furthermore, Japan’s Beyond 5G Promotion Consortium will also be signing the agreement soon with Finnish group 6G Flagship. Notably, this cooperation was set to be announced earlier today (15th June 2021) at the Global Digital Summit 2021, which is an event organized by Nikkei and Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

The joint effort arrives after the 4.5 billion US Dollars commitment from Japan and the US for the development of the next generation communication technology. This partnership was announced back in April 2021. The combined effort, which is also set to include “third countries” to promote secure connectivity, will help in the competition against China to set global standards.

The beyond 5G Promotion Consortium aims to commercialize 6G technology within the 2030s and will include notable Japanese telecom players like Nippon Telegraph & Telephone, NTT Docomo, KDDI, SoftBank Corp, and Rakuten Mobile. Additionally, the members of the Japanese consortium will engage in joint research projects and personnel exchange as well. This group is also in talks for future collaboration with American telecom suppliers like Cisco and even chipmaker Intel.

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The European Union has funded a wireless project called Hexa-X which is focusing on the next generation of mobile technology — 6G. Now, the Finnish company Nokia has been appointed to lead a group of companies and universities working on the project.

The project aims to create unique 6G use-cases and scenarios as well as develop fundamental 6G technologies. It will also define a new architecture for the integration of the key 6G enablers.

Apart from Nokia, the project also includes Ericsson, Atos, Intel, Orange, Siemens, TIM, and Telefonica. Ericsson is also acting as the technical manager for the project. The University of Oulu and the University of Pisa are also a part of this initiative.

It’s interesting to see countries kickstarting preparations for the 6G technology at a time when 5G is still in the early stages of going mainstream and is available in select regions only. As per the report, there are about 100 wireless carriers globally that offer 5G connectivity, that too in limited regions.

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Nokia says that it is expecting the 6G technology to launch commercially by 2030, which follows the typical 10-year cycle between the new generations of mobile technology. It is expected to use super high-frequency terahertz airwaves and deliver advanced connectivity and even support real-time holographic imaging.

The Hexa-X project is set to commence from 1st January 2021 and has a planned duration of 30 months. Apart from the European Union, countries like South Korea and China have also started working on 6G technology.

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The South Korean government is planning on launching the pilot project for 6G networking in 2026. The upcoming mobile networking generation is touted to be 50 times faster than 5G and the nation plans on commercializing the service between 2028 to 2030, according to a report from Business Korea.

Earlier this week, Chung Se-kyun, Prime Minister of South Korea, finalized the government’s strategy to promote research and development for the next generation of telecommunications at a science and technology meet. The strategy involves preemptive development of future technology alongside securing standard and high value patents and laying R&D and industry foundations.

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The South Korean government is planning on investing 200 billion won (roughly 169 million US Dollars) over five years for this project, starting from 2021, to secure high risk basic 6G technology. It will start by pushing 10 strategic tasks in 6 key areas which include hyper-performance, hyper-bandwidth, hyper-precision, hyper-space, hyper-intelligence, and hyper-trust.

This project aims to reach one-terabyte-per-second data transmission speed, which is five times faster than 5G, and reduce latency to a tenth of 5G services, down to  0.1ms for its wireless services. Notably, the government is also planning on making6G networking available up to 10 km above the ground. After securing the supporting infrastructure and technology, the government will begin the 6G pilot project by 2026 which will also have far reaching applications in various industries like healthcare, self driving cars, and construction of smart cities.

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Samsung Electronics is expecting that the next generation of networking will arrive as early as 2028. The South Korean tech giant says that 6G would be commercialized by 2028 and will go mainstream by 2030.

Earlier today (14th July 2020), Samsung released a white paper titled “The Next Hyper-Connected Experience for All.” This outlined the company’s vision for 6G networking. It mentioned all the “technical and societal megatrends, new services, requirements, candidate technologies, and an expected timeline of standardization.” In other words, an early roadmap of the next generation of communications made through experiences with 5G.

According to Samsung, ” While 5G commercialization is still in its initial stage, it’s never too early to start preparing for 6G because it typically takes around 10 years from the start of research to commercialization of a new generation of communications technology.” Sunghyun Choi, Head of the Advanced Communications Research Center said that the company has already launched the research and development of 6G technologies.

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It had taken the world 15 years to reach 3G from 2G networking, and since then, 5G is available just 8 years after. The company expects this trend to accelerate further in the future. Samsung is expecting a peak data rate of 1,000 gigabits per second with air latency lower than 100 microseconds and 50 times the peak data rate of 5G. The performance and the architectural requirement for 6G will include various optimizations to improve network design and overcome limitations of mobile devices. 

Interestingly, the flexibility of the next generation will bring newer network integration and even AI (artificial intelligence) applications. Although, the use of AI would also need to arrive with certain trustworthiness regarding security and privacy, both of which are major concerns that are likely to arise.

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5G technology is still at its infancy as the service just started rolling out in some countries like China and the US. The next-gen technology is expected to blossom next year. Notwithstanding, we have seen a couple of discussions centred on 6G technology. Vivo has just ignited yet another discussion with its latest patent application.

The Chinese smartphone maker recently applied to have a design for its 6G logo registered by the EU Intellectual Property Office. The application was filed on October 22 and it is basically a customization of the characters – 6G. The design saw the 6G characters decorated with four diagonal stripes designed in such a way to depict the supersonic speed of 6G.

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6G standard isn’t expected to be completed before 2030 and will bring even faster network speed. The read speed is said to reach 1TB per second with zero latency. At present, Vivo is one of the leading firms in 6G technology research and development, participating in the industry’s B5G / 6G seminar. The company has established many partnerships on cutting-edge 6G technology research with many universities. Apart from Vivo, Chinese tech giant Huawei has also commenced work on 6G, according to a statement by its found Ren Zhengfei.

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