5G unfinished business needs 6G to complete

Thanks to the comprehensive system construction of 5G, China is expected to be the first in the world to realize the transformation from an information society to a digital society, thus taking the lead in leaping into the digital age as a follower of the industrial age.

For China, the digital society is not only a change in work and lifestyle, but also a jump in the level of productivity, which will drive and promote the overall upgrading of the manufacturing industry.

It is precisely because of this importance that China is full of expectations for digital transformation from top to bottom, and has carried out systematic strategic planning, and the infrastructure that carries all this is new infrastructure including 5G networks.

5G has ushered in the digital era, but the huge demands in the digital process cannot be met by 5G. 5G must be upgraded with the times, and 6G is obviously the carrier of this important historical task. In a word, the unfinished business of 5G requires 6G to do its part.

6G is a new stage in the development of information technology and a new platform to promote the upgrading of the digital economy. It can realize the vision that 5G thought but failed to achieve.

From the perspective of the development process of communication technology, 6G will be a huge progress, and it will definitely generate huge social value. According to the current research and development ideas, the 6G network will be a fully connected world integrating terrestrial wireless and satellite communications. With the help of the terahertz frequency band, ultra-low latency and ultra-large-capacity communication transmission can be realized, which can achieve seamless coverage anywhere in the world. The global satellite positioning system, the telecommunication satellite system, and the earth image satellite system will be fully integrated, and the remote control and real-time response will reach an unprecedented level.

As a result, 6G will effectively promote the improvement of distance education, telemedicine, remote positioning, virtual reality interaction, etc., and will make many ideals of the metaverse now imagined become a reality, and people will truly realize the digital life that integrates online and offline. , which will bring about a qualitative revolution, and will also help human beings to predict the weather, understand nature, respond quickly, and establish a more complete ecological network.

China's 6G R&D is still at the forefront of the world

China has already achieved leadership and surpassing in the 5G era. In the research and development of 6G, China is still at the forefront of the world. On November 3, 2019, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Natural Science Foundation of China held a 6G technology research and development work kick-off meeting, established a national 6G technology research and development promotion working group and an overall expert group, and officially launched 6G Research and development, at that time, China's 5G has just begun commercial use.

According to the 48th "Internet Report 2022" released by CNNIC on August 27, 2021, among countries in the world, China has become the main applicant country for 6G patents. The number of 6G patent applications in the world has reached 38,000, and China has monopolized one-third of the world, accounting for as high as 35%, and the number of applications is about 13,000, ranking first in the world. China has already taken the lead.

Operators have achieved great results in 6G R&D

In the research and development of 6G, several operators in China have made great efforts and achieved great results. They are conducting joint experiments with equipment manufacturers, terminal manufacturers and satellite operations.

Among the three operators, China Telecom put forward the vision of 6G network architecture, that is, to form a ubiquitous hyper-converged network architecture based on "three layers and three fans", and also led a number of national key 6G special research, participated in the Future Forum, Research work of 6G domestic and foreign industry organizations such as IMT2030 and ANA. China Unicom also launched research on 6G as early as 2019 and released a white paper. China Mobile has demonstrated a number of 6G innovations, including 6G vision, Metaverse, 6G network, 6G air interface, new platforms, new devices and new applications.

It should be said that based on the large-scale development of 5G, Chinese operators and communication-related companies are more confident in the research and development of 6G. Compared with 5G, the scale and time invested in 6G research and development are increasing.