Week 9 - BSIT220 - 6G Technology

At this point in time, 5G is still being implemented around the United States, but technology is already rapidly moving towards the next generation in cellular technology with 6G networks. These networks will have the capability to use higher frequencies, provide higher capacity, and offer much lower latency than 5G. The biggest claim is that it will support one microsecond latency communications.

It will have the ability to work with Artificial Intelligence to facilitate data storage, processing, and sharing. Also, it will utilize signals in higher frequency ranges that can theoretically reach peak data rates of 1 terabyte per second. The access points will be able to serve multiple users simultaneously via Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access which is where there are multiple independently modulating subcarriers within frequencies that allow simultaneous transmission to and from multiple clients.

It will be very interesting to see the future of mobile networks and just what kind of data rates we will be able to reach.