TUTORIAL – HALF DAY SESSION
6G Wireless Communication Systems: Applications, Requirements, Technologies, Challenges, and Research Directions
Abstract : Sixth Generation (6G) research has already begun in academia and industry since 2019 which is considered as ‘year zero’ for 6G research. The technology is expected to be available for commercial deployment from 2030. Communication plays a significant facet in binding global connectivity. Global communication has encountered rapid generational modification every decade because of the increased demand for high-speed data and faster data transfer. Although 5G communication systems are slowly leading toward business reality, foreseeing further population growth in the near future, an advanced communication system is needed beyond 5G. The forthcoming 6G wireless technology is anticipated to provide an unrivaled data rate and be affordable for a wide variety of applications.
Ever since the establishment of 1G mobile communication, wireless technology has evolved faster in the past few decades. The ongoing 5G technology fulfills the promise of faster data rate, and low latency by utilizing the mmWave spectrum efficiently. Beyond 2030, newly evolving application such as Artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain, etc. often referred as high data consuming applications and the extensively spread of wireless cellular networks demands for the research in 6G technology. mmWave technology come into picture for today‟s scenario (high data rate and high data transmission speed) which uses frequencies in mmWave spectrum typically between 30GHz and 300GHz that is higher than traditionally used frequencies i.e., 900 MHz to 5GHz. In 6G networks, mmWave technology will play a crucial role for fulfilling the proposed communication tasks and network performance.
Outline of the Tutorial : Mobile networks are also developing rapidly to meet the skyrocketing subscriber needs of high data rate and channel bandwidth. Going through the recent statistics, monthly global mobile network data traffic touched around 108 EB in 2022. The network traffic has doubled in just 2 years from 55 EB per month in 2020. The three crucial factors must be considered for designing the channel model for the 6G communication system. Firstly, for the upcoming 2-3 decades, the mobile traffic network will grow exponentially. Secondly, the channel model needs to be researched extensively before being practically implemented. Thirdly, sustainable and thorough 6G research from various countries and research institutes.
This tutorial on 6G will discuss the technical requirements needed to enable 6G applications primarily in healthcare, education and agriculture. It will focus on key technologies for channel modeling providing low latency with high reliability. Further tutorial will provide attendees the vision of future 6G wireless communication and its network architecture focusing on some fundamental research issues like higher system capacity, higher data rate, lower latency, higher security, and improved quality of service (QoS) compared to the 5G system.
Content of Tutorial :
- PHY Technologies for 6G Wireless
- Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface for 6G Wireless Networks
- Millimeter-Wave/THz Links for 6G Wireless
- Challenges in Transport Layer for Tbit/s Communications
- High-Capacity Backhaul Connectivity for 6G Wireless
- Cloud Computing for 6G Wireless Networks
- Machine-Type Communications in 6G
- Edge Intelligence and Pervasive AI/ML in 6G
- Blockchain: Foundations and Role in 6G
- Role of Open-source Platforms in 6G
- Quantum Computing and 6G Wireless
Level of the Tutorial : Introductory with Advanced topics
Expected Length of the Tutorial : 2 hours
Instructor :
Dr. Arun Agarwal has more than 18 years of professional, research, and teaching experience in wireless digital communication system. He is working as an Associate Professor in ECE department at ITER (Faculty of Engineering and Technology), Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. He completed B.E (2003) in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering from Padmanava College of Engg., Rourkela and M. Tech (2010) in Telematics and Signal Processing from NIT, Rourkela, Odisha. PhD (2021) from AMET University, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, India. His field of interest includes 6G/5G Wireless Networks, IoT, Smart Technology, LTE-A, 4G, Advanced Communications Systems and signal processing. He has over 70 research articles published in journals, national and international conferences. He is a Senior member of IEEE & life member of ISTE, IETE, IACSIT, IEI professional society. He is also a member of the Editorial Board & Reviewer of many International Journals. He has also served as a TPC of many Springer and IEEE International Conferences. He has a total of 39 Scopus publications with an h-index of 7 and a highest impact factor of 9. He has 3 copyrights granted and 1 patent filed with Google Scholar 720 Citations with h-index 13 and i10-index 17. He is a reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Access, IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine, and Springer Wireless Personal Communications. Additionally he is presently the secretary of IETE Bhubaneswar section (2022-2024). He has given a Talk as a Special Sessions Speaker at IIT Bombay during IEEE TENSYMP 1-3 July-2022 and served as Special Track Chair for 6G Networks during IEEE R10 HTC 16-18 October-2023.
Email : arunagrawal@soa.ac.in