Cover News Reporter Li Maojia.
How is 6G technology evolving?
On December 5, the 2023 Global 6G Development Conference opened in Chongqing Liangjiang New Area. Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, authoritative experts at home and abroad, and representatives of international organizations gathered in Chongqing to focus on 6G performance requirements, key technologies, test verification, international standardization and other topics, and delve into the 6G development vision and technology industry path.
At the opening ceremony, Yin Hao, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, focused on the development needs, typical characteristics and challenges of 6G synaesthesia computing integration. "The development and evolution of mobile communication networks takes a ten-year cycle. Academician Yin Hao**, human society will make a leap from 5G "Internet of Everything" to 6G "Intelligent Connection of Everything".
The scene of the conference. Academician Yin Hao said that the human society that has entered the era of wisdom will be the sum of various intelligent systems covering smart cities, smart transportation, smart medical care and so on. Taking the unmanned driving environment of smart transportation as an example, the 6G network can realize perception functions such as target detection, positioning, and recognition, and the wireless communication system uses the perception function to intelligently and accurately allocate communication resources and tap potential communication capabilities, so as to further improve the safety of vehicle driving.
Zhang Ping, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, delivered a keynote speech on "The Development Trend of 6G: Convergence of Communication and AI". He said that according to the development of mobile communication in a 50-year cycle, the system is constantly expanding in multiple dimensions such as speed, space, service, and intelligence. From 1G to 4G, 5G has improved reliability, low latency, and the number of users, while 6G development should aim at improving dimensions and intelligence.
IMT-2030 (6G) Promotion Group 6G*** Release Ceremony.
Wen Ku, chairman of the China Communications Standards Association, said that the vision of 6G is not only the fast network speed, but also the improvement of the performance ratio of mobile phones, the improvement of coverage, and the comprehensive expansion of vertical industries on the basis of network speed, 6G is not only the continuation of 5G, but also the comprehensive upgrade of 5G.
The introduction of AI, especially since the entry of 6G into the industry, has provided new possibilities for the development of 6G. The future of communication is no longer just about the development of networks and hardware, but also pays more attention to intelligent innovation, and builds distributed, efficient, and energy-saving AI services and an open ecosystem through the internal connection, computing, data, and model functions of 6G networks. Wenku pointed out.
Yin Hao, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, delivered a keynote speech.
The conference released two parts, "6G Network Architecture Outlook" and "6G Wireless System Design Principles and Typical Characteristics", which were researched and written by the IMT-2030 (6G) Promotion Group, to provide guidance for promoting the formation of a 6G overall architecture with industry consensus.
Among them, the "6G Network Architecture Prospect" starts from the driving force of 6G development, puts forward the design principles and network capabilities of 6G network architecture, and studies and explores the 6G network system framework and networking architecture. "Design Principles and Typical Characteristics of 6G Wireless System" combines the requirements of 6G deployment scenarios and networking scenarios to study and form the functional characteristics, architectural characteristics and operation characteristics of 6G wireless systems, and puts forward the overall architecture and design principles of 6G wireless systems.
On behalf of the IMT-2030 (6G) promotion group, Wang Zhiqin, Vice President of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, introduced the progress of 6G research in China and the progress of 6G technology trials in 2023, and analyzed the test results of four wireless technologies, including communication and perception integration, wireless artificial intelligence, intelligent metasurface, and terahertz communication, as well as three network technologies, including mobile computing power network, distributed autonomous network, and data service.
Experts from 6G promotion organizations in Europe, South Korea and other countries introduced the development of 6G in their respective countries and regions.