The network has achieved a significant improvement in key communication metrics such as capacity, coverage and efficiency
A group of Chinese telecom engineers have established what they claim is the world’s first field test network for 6G communication and intelligent integration, Chinese newspaper China Daily reported.
While 6G has not yet been standardized, the network achieved a significant improvement in key communication metrics such as capacity, coverage and efficiency, according to a team from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. The report also said that the experimental network has demonstrated that semantic communication can reach the transmission capabilities of future 6G systems on existing 4G network infrastructure.
According to the report, the network serves as a platform for research institutions to conduct theoretical research and initial verification of candidate 6G technologies. The team also noted that it can also effectively lower the entry threshold for 6G research.
China aims to start commercializing 6G technology by 2030 and expects that the standard-setting for the technology will be achieved around 2025, Wang Zhiqin, the head of China’s 6G promotion team and vice president of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, has previously said.
Wang noted that China began 6G technological experiments last year and has been carrying out research on 6G system architecture and technical solutions.
“In terms of 6G development, all nations are at the early stage of technological research and have not yet formed a unified standard in 6G network building and key technology,” Wang said.
According to Wang, 6G-related research has opened new application scenarios which include combining communication and sensitivity, combining communication and artificial intelligence and mass Internet of Things based on integrated satellites and terrestrial mobile communication.
Last year, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said that the Chinese government allocated spectrum in the 6 GHz frequency band for 5G and 6G services. The 6 GHz spectrum is the only high-quality resource with large bandwidth in the mid-band, taking into account its coverage and capacity advantages, the ministry said, noting that the 6 GHz range is particularly suitable for the deployment of 5G systems or 6G systems in the future.
MIIT noted that the allocation of the 6 GHz band at this time is “conducive to stabilizing the expectations of the 5G/6G industry.”
