Global research and development initiatives are already focusing on the possible frequency bands for future 6G systems, as well as possible features like cooperative sensing and communications and intelligent reconfigurable surfaces.
Chris Sambar, EVP of technology at AT&T, stated during his remarks at the Brooklyn 6G Summit today that 6G is also anticipated to bring about a significant surge in consumption. He stated, “We’ve been told it should enable up to 10x increase in usage on the networks,” which is not unfeasible for the wireless network alone given the roughly 10% rise in network backbone traffic for wireline and wireless combined over the previous ten years.