6G research

With every generation of communications technology, the focus of the network changes. The 2G and 3G eras centered on human-to-human communication through voice and text. The 4G era heralded a fundamental shift to the smartphone and the massive consumption of data. 

In the 5G era, the attention is now turning to machines as networks power the Internet of Things and industrial automation systems. In the next decade, as the 6G emerges, there will yet another fundamental shift – this time toward people who use those networks. In the 6G era, we’ll see a confluence of the digital, physical and biological worlds with human beings at the center.