Vision, Requirements, and Technology Trend of 6G: How to Tackle the Challenges of System Coverage, Capacity, User Data-Rate and Movement Speed
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Since 5G new radio comes with non-standalone (NSA) and standalone (SA) versions in 3GPP, research on 6G has been on schedule by academics and industries. Though 6G is supposed to have much higher capabilities than 5G, yet there is no clear description about what 6G is. In this article, a comprehensive discussion of 6G is given based on the review of 5G developments, covering visions and requirements, technology trends and challenges, aiming at tackling the challenge of coverage, capacity, the user data rate and movement speed of mobile communication system. The vision of 6G is to fully support the development of a Ubiquitous Intelligent Mobile Society with intelligent life and industries. Finally, the roadmap of the 6G standard is suggested for the future.
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The key requirements of 6G communication technology are 1 THz operating frequency, 1 Tbps data rate, 300 m wavelength, and 1000 km/h mobility range.
“The key requirements of 6G communication technology are 1 THz operating frequency, 1 Tbps data rate, 300 m wavelength, and 1000 kmh mobility range [1], [5].”
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6G will be truly AI-driven communication technology/network.
“6G will be truly AI-driven communication technology [5].”
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6G will rely on Cloud computing for storage, computing and analysis of Big data.
“6G will rely on Cloud computing for storage, computing and analysis of Big data [5].”
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THz communication is eavesdropping and jamming proof.
“THz communication is eavesdropping and jamming proof [5].”
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- Authors
- Chen, S., Liang, Y.-C., Sun, S., Kang, S., Cheng, W., & Peng, M.
- Venue
- IEEE Wireless Communications
- Published
- 2020-04
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 218-228
- ISSN
- 1536-1284 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-0687
- OpenAlex
- W3007749181
- Cited by
- 768
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2026: 60 · 2025: 126 · 2024: 140 · 2023: 162 · 2022: 145 · 2021: 91 · 2020: 44
- FWCI
- 37.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- arxiv.org
- Licence
- Locations
- IEEE Wireless Communications (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Beijing Institute of Technology
- National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (61425012)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Media Technology › Telecommunications and Broadcasting Technologies
- Keywords
- 6G, 5G NR, network capacity, user data rate, movement speed
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