Samsung reveals its 6G vision, hopes to provide a maximum data rate of 1,000 Gbps- Technology News, Firstpost

FP TrendsJuly 15, 2020 6:40:22 PM IST

Samsung has outlined his vision for the next generation communication system in a white paper titled “The Next Hyperconnected Experience for Everyone”. Reveals the company’s plans for 6G.

The whitepaper highlights various aspects of 6G, including technical and social megatrends, new services, requirements, and candidate technologies.

The South Korean tech giant plans to bring the “next hyper-connected experience to every corner of life.” The company expects 6G communication to be commercialized starting in 2028. Samsung wants to mass-market it by 2030.

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To speed up 6G research, the company founded its Advanced Communications Research Center in May 2019.

“While 5G commercialization is still in its infancy, it is never too early to start preparing for 6G because it generally takes around 10 years from the start of research to the commercialization of a new generation of communications technology.” , explained Sunghyun Choi, Director of the Advanced Communications Research Center.

A ZDNet report, citing Samsung’s white paper, stated that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) sector responsible for radio communication, ITU-R, will likely begin work to define a 6G vision in 2021.

3G took 15 years to define, while the time it took 5G was eight years.

Samsung last year also stated that it would continue to invest and study future businesses, including the sixth generation mobile network, reported GizChina.

“We should challenge ourselves, build a new base and overcome our past achievements,” said Samsung Electronics Vice President Li Zaiyu, according to the technology website.

A report Android Authority Referring to the company’s technical report revealed that 5G was designed to achieve a maximum data rate of 20 Gbps, at 6G, Samsung aims to provide the maximum data rate of 1,000 Gbps and a user-experienced data rate of 1 Gbps. The company also says that the 16K VR stream requires downlink speeds of 0.9Gbps, claiming that current 5G connections cannot provide this speed.