Last night China has announced a breakthrough in 6G technology. Purple Mountain Lab in Nanjing has set a world record for real-time 6G transmission rates.
- Let’s look at some numbers for comparison to comprehend the scale of the shift.
- Today most mobile internet connections are 4G with speed up to 100 Mbps.
- Purple Mountain Lab has reached a speed that’s 2000 times faster, up to 200 Gbps.
In other words, if the speed was a train that travels between A and B for 3.5 hours with 4G, the trip at 6G will be made in less than 7 seconds. 3.5 hours —> 7 seconds. Just take that in. Already in December ex-chairman of China Mobile, Wang Jianzhou , has announced that China will launch its first commercial 6G network by 2030. The same timeline was echoed by the most recent Huawei report. When these predictions came out, few could imagine that a real terahertz 6G communication station will be tested just a few weeks later. China speed? Also crucial to understand that while most people who hear about 6G only focus on internet speed aspect, there are surely other (often more exciting) things that come with it, such as ultra-low signal latency, ultra-high communication energy efficiency, reliability, safety and localisation. There’s a general consensus within the digital community in the country that — 6G will change the world beyond recognition. And here’s a few ideas how.
- Ultra-smart city technology (not to be confused with smart cities) – full automation of traveling and flying vehicles, city infrastructure and healthcare
- Metaverse = multidimensional augmented reality, as the basis of all business and consumer applications
- «Internet of Feelings» – the transmission of a complex spectrum of scenery stimuli (for instance, an opportunity to smell a new perfume or to taste artificial flavour)
- Holographic communication
- Ultra-smart telemedicine based on tactile communication (for instance, a smart headband that reconstructs brain signals and presents them in a 3D video)
In essence, the world will become a merger of physical, biological and digital reality with (some say) 10 billion people and 50 billion ultra-smart devices powered by 6G IoT. Mind blown. Check out more about this version of the future in the latest paper by IEEEXplore titled «6G Ecosystem: Current Status and Future Perspective». Link below. What’s your take? Excited? Ready? Hesitant? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUQPWmiOUBY
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