Steven Carlini
5G
“ EARLY DEPLOYMENTS OF 5G ARE INDICATING
THAT WE COULD
REACH A PREVIOUSLY UNANTICIPATED
BREAKING POINT ”
ALAIN
MOURAD HEAD OF FUTURE
WIRELESS EUROPE LAB
Steven Carlini
Vice President of Innovation and Data Centre at Schneider Electric
6G networks have the potential to eliminate traditional base station and antenna networks because their high frequencies need a ubiquitous mesh network where everything around you has an antenna function .
In theory everything that powers up will have a built in antenna function and become part of this new ‘ antenna free ’ network . While the network architecture may change with 6G , the computing capacity will need to grow , so placement at the edge will become even more crucial .
EXPERT INSIGHT
Mourad says . “ Existing 5G infrastructure and technology will need enhancements to support the much-hyped use cases the industry has been discussing . Which means now is the time to start looking at developing the next generation of wireless .”
The Power of 6G Despite the increasingly regular publication of 6G whitepapers , and predictions that the “ real work ” on the 6G rollout could be underway as early as 2025 , it ’ s unlikely that 6G will be “ here ” in any meaningful way until the early 2030s . In a world where tech moves as fast as it does here at the end of the beginning of the 21st century , that might as well mean 3030 . It ’ s incredibly hard to see the shape of what might come after close to a decade of 5G-driven innovation .
“ Every generation provides lessons learned for its successor . However , the 5G rollout is still early — the state of the art is not ready to realise the 5G vision we have all been discussing for a decade ,” says Roger Nichols , 6G Programme Manager at Keysight Technologies . Exactly how much of that vision can be achieved
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