In 2022, 6G development has indeed warmed up

author ： Vice chairman of Huawei Technology Co., Ltd 、 Chairman in office , Xu Jun Jun

source ：《6G New journey of wireless communication ： Cross people's Union 、 Object association , Towards the wisdom of all things 》

We expect 6G Will be in 2030 Invest in the market around , By that time , What will happen to the market 6G, This is a question that the entire industry will answer in the next ten years . Can we answer this question well , To satisfy consumers , Satisfy the industry and enterprises , Satisfy the society , Satisfy the industry , It is a new test for the whole industry .

From the perspective of application ,5G It opens the prelude to the integration of wireless communication into thousands of industries with unprecedented depth and breadth .5GAA（5G Automobile alliance ）、5G-ACIA（5G Industrial automation Alliance ） And other organizations jointly established by the mobile communication industry and the vertical industry , On the one hand 5G It is defined to meet the unique needs of these vertical industries ; On the other hand , With the process of commercialization , It also inspires more and more 5G Unmet innovation needs , The result is 5.5G Will be able to continuously enhance , But it will undoubtedly inspire more new 、 need 6G To meet the needs of innovation . Insight into these innovative needs for 6G crucial , This means that the vertical industry should be integrated with the same unprecedented depth and breadth 6G In the work of defining . After decades of iterative development ,5G Technology has reached a fairly high level in meeting and creating consumer needs ,5.5G Will further 5G The ability of core technology is brought into full play . Next few years ,5.5G Definition and deployment of and 6G The research and definition of will be carried out at the same time ,6G Can we achieve transcendence 、 Beyond how much , The test will be the imagination and creativity of the entire industry .

From a technical point of view , Every generation of mobile communication technology has never existed in isolation , Instead, we need to learn from 、 Absorb and develop in synergy with contemporary technologies . To this day , Mobile communication is undoubtedly quite successful , But we should not forget the detours we have taken ,3G The choice of transmission technology experienced first ATM Rear steering IP Twists and turns ,4G The times are for IT and CT The integration of has given great expectations , The same expectation continues until 5G Time , But it has not yet reached the expectation , The industry is still exploring .6G The technical environment is more complex , Cloud computing 、 big data 、 Artificial intelligence 、 Blockchain 、 Edge of computing 、 Heterogeneous computing 、 Endogenous safety will have an impact .6G Can we make a scientific choice , Learn from what should be learned , Absorb what should be absorbed , Give Way 6G Because these diverse technologies become more valuable , Don't just get more complicated 、 More bloated , It needs the whole thing ICT The industry is in the spirit of Science , Continue to discuss widely and deeply , The test will be the foresight and determination of the entire industry .

From an industrial point of view ,6G From the research stage , We have to face the complex macro environment . After more than 40 years from 1G To 5G The development of , The mobile communication industry has been relatively mature , It is no longer a fast-growing industry , The scale effect of deepening cooperation is more important than ever , However, geopolitical turbulence and the trend of de globalization are bringing obstacles and challenges to industrial cooperation . Greater innovation is the only way for the mobile communication industry to break through the bottleneck of development , And at the same time , The whole society has paid more attention to technical ethics than ever , Only in the balance between the two , Mobile communication can better benefit human society . Mobile communication has already become an indispensable part of people's daily life and work , The choice of the industry today will affect the future 10～20 The development path in . Deal with these challenges , Let the mobile communication industry develop continuously and healthily , So that people can continue to enjoy the convenience brought by mobile communication , The test is the sense of mission and political wisdom of the entire industry .

It's not hard to see. , Definition 6G The industry needs to make much more efforts than any previous generation , The sudden COVID-19 has also added obstacles to the necessary communication and cooperation . In this sense , Ten years is a long time , It's really short . Can the industry in 2030 Give satisfactory answers in , Much depends on what we define 6G Is the process open enough , Whether the participants are sufficiently diverse , Whether the communication is sufficient , Defined 6G Is the vision attractive enough , wait . This is also the purpose of this book , Huawei continues to promote 5G Commercial at the same time , Also in the 2017 The year began to 6G Investment in research . This book comprehensively expounds Huawei's views on 6G Research findings of , I hope our sharing can inspire more people 、 More companies 、 More industries , From a broader dimension , Think more deeply 6G. Huawei is also willing to cooperate with the industry and may need in the future 6G Industry 、 Enterprises have launched extensive discussions , Common vision 6G, Common definition 6G.