By Marios Poulakis | IEEE Spectrum | 03 SEP 2022 12 MIN READ

There’s plenty of bandwidth available if we use reconfigurable intelligent surfaces: reconfigurable intelligent surfaces could play a big role in the coming integration of wireless and satellite networks.

Staff | © Copyright 2022 5G Americas | DEC 2022

The white paper material is presented in 3 sections. Section 2 “Background” contains a description of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), 3GPP processes, a review of major enhancements and new vertical applications, an assessment of Global Market Trends and use cases, and a developmental timeline for currently active 3GPP releases. Section 3 “Radio-Access Technologies” highlights 22 new/enhanced RAN features and capabilities. Finally, Section 4 “System Architecture, Core Networks". The paper explores the following key topics: (1)Review of 3GPP Rel-17 and 3GPP Rel-18 (5G Advanced); (2) Global market trends, new use cases and 3GPP timeline; (3) Radio access technologies; (4) System architecture, core networks, and services; and (5) Enhancements for non-public networks, seamless user equipment (UE) context recovery, access traffic steering split & switch, location services (LCS) enhancements, and next generation real time communication (RTC).

By Dr. John E. Smee, Senior V, Engineering, Qualcomm Technologies | OnQ Blog | On 29 November 2022

"2022 has been an exciting year for mobile communications. Not only was the third 5G standard — 3GPP Release 17 — successfully completed bringing many 5G innovations, but the work on 5G Advanced has also officially begun. Through the rest of this decade, 5G Advanced will continue to improve end-to-end system performance, bring new efficiencies, and proliferate 5G into more devices and use cases. More importantly, 5G Advanced is establishing the technical foundation for 6G — the next-generation mobile platform coming in 2030 and beyond,” outlines Dr. John E. Smee, Senior V, Engineering, Qualcomm Technologies.

Senador RODRIGO CUNHA e Senador JEAN PAUL PRATES | Senado Federal - Comissão de Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovação, Comunicação e Informática | 19 SET 2022

Neste relatório, o Coordenador de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento da Secretaria de Empreendedorismo e Inovação do MCTI, Rubens Caetano, informou que os investimentos “na primeira fase do 6G no Brasil foram de R$ 6 milhões em 2021, havendo previsão de R$ 30 milhões de investimentos em projetos até 2025, após o que deve se seguir uma terceira fase”

By Staff| NGMN Alliance | On 22.02.2022

By Staff| Nokia | On October 2021

By FG-NET-2030 | ITU | May 2019

This document serves as supporting material for ITU-T, Focus Group - NET-2030. It is a vision document to rationalize need for study pertaining to communications and future applications.

By Patrik Rugeland | Ericsson | On JUL 15, 2021 | 9 min.

By Alan Weissberger | IEEE Communications Society Blog | On JUN 15, 2021

By Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India (Standards Development Organizations - SDOs) and India Department of Telecommunications

DoT-TSDSI joint workshop series on ‘Advancing 5G towards 6G’ aims to disseminate information about 3GPP Release 19 technology areas and timelines to the Indian technology ecosystem. The goal is to mobilize Indian Industry technologists and Academic researchers to actively participate and contribute to the ongoing and future work at 3GPP.

         

By ZAHID GHADIALY | free6gtraining | 01/2021

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Brasil 6G - O Inatel, com o apoio do MCTI e da RNP, iniciou o trabalho de desenvolvimento de um plano de ações (framework) para o desenvolvimento da Rede 6G no Brasil, dando origem ao projeto Brasil 6G, cujo principal objetivo consiste em definir quais são os passos necessários para que a futura geração de redes móveis seja capaz de atender as aplicações e casos de uso importantes para o desenvolvimento econômico e social do país. O projeto iniciou em 2021 (Fase 1) com os objetivos de: (1°) analisar os casos de uso e requisitos das futuras redes 6g e avaliar a sua aplicabilidade para o cenário brasileiro; (2°) levantar o estado da arte das tecnologias habilitadoras das redes 6g; e (3°) contribuir com o estado da arte em redes 6g, de modo que os casos de uso considerados relevantes para o Brasil possam ser plenamente atendidos. O Projeto Brasil 6G é coordenado pelo Prof. Dr. Luciano Mendes do INATEL. Em 2022 o Projeto entrou na Fase 2 com seus objetivos atualizados e ampliados:

Brasil 6G - Vídeo de apresentação do projeto Brasil 6G no WRNP2021.

OULU - 6G Flagship Project - The overarching goals of 6G Flagship are: (1°) support industry in finalization of 5G; (2°) develop the fundamental technology needed to enable 6G; and (3°) speed up digitalization in society. (University of Oulu, Finland)

Hexa-X Project - The 6G flagship initiative Hexa-X has been established, by bringing together the key industry stakeholders, along with the full value-chain of future connectivity solutions ranging from network vendors, operators, verticals, and technology providers (e.g., software and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions), as well as the most prominent European research institutes and universities in this domain, streamlining expert forces and creating a critical mass to lead an integrated effort of research and development towards 6G. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.

one6G - The one6G Association aims to evolve, test and promote next generation cellular and wireless technology-based communications solutions. By supporting global 6G research and standardization efforts, the goal is to accelerate its adoption and overall market penetration, while addressing societal and industry-driven needs for enhanced connected mobility. This with the ambition to speed up the development of new services and applications in domains such as advanced autonomous driving, advanced manufacturing, advanced wireless e-health, remote education etc.

5G/6GIC - The 5G/6G Innovation Centre (5G/6GIC) is part of the Institute for Communication Systems (ICS). Founded and Directed by Professor Barry Evans, who leads satellite communications research activities at Surrey.

3gpp - The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) unites seven telecommunications standard development organizations (ARIB, ATIS, CCSA, ETSI, TSDSI, TTA, TTC), known as “Organizational Partners” providing their members with a stable environment to produce the Reports and Specifications that define 3GPP technologies. 3GPP develops specifications which cover cellular telecommunications technologies, including radio access, core network and service capabilities, which provide a complete system description for mobile telecommunications. The 3GPP specifications also provide hooks for non-radio access to the core network, and for interworking with non-3GPP networks. The 3GPP technologies are constantly evolving through Generations of commercial cellular/mobile systems. With LTE and 5G work, 3GPP has become the focal point for the vast majority of mobile systems beyond 3G. Although these Generations have become an adequate descriptor for the type of network under discussion, real progress on 3GPP standards is measured by the milestones achieved in particular Releases. New features are ’functionality frozen’ and are ready for implementation when a Release is completed.

By Antonio Grasso | Techment Technology | July 12, 2022