Here's a hint of what 6G might look like

Carriers around the world have launched their5Gnetworks.

Nationwide coverage is available in the US from the big three providers.

The next-generation wireless technology is rapidly maturing.

So let’s talk about the next-next-generation wireless technology.

Each wireless generation lasts about a decade, so 6G is a long, long way from becoming reality.

Maybe in 2029 we’ll get a hint of a deployment.

5G won’t stand still as 6G is developed.

6G will sense your environment

It’s worth looking back before looking to the future.

The move to 4G saw a big boost in speed.

Applealready uses Bluetooth embedded in its online grid of devices to let people track objects with its AirTags.

But Ji says the 6G experience will be more like radar, allowing for more interaction between devices.

With 6G, the industry is looking to expand into new bands of spectrum.

The next-next-generation technology could also solve the dilemma that gigahertz spectrum faces now.

It could potentially offer both higher capacityandwider range in a best-of-both-worlds scenario.

“There will be some fundamental technology we will want to introduce to overcome that,” he said.

“It’s something we’re working on that’s super exciting.”

Work on 6G is just getting started.

Right now, it’s little more than a collection of ideas and goals.

At their meeting, researchers under the 3GPP group debated what improvements the industry should focus on.

Qualcomm has proposed integrating machine learning into 5G and for the networks to better handle internet of things devices.

(Typically, it’s one-way traffic.)

And 6G, despite a sense of where it may go, is barely on the map.