6G is expected to deliver speeds 1,000 times faster than 5G, the current standard.
The report says the government create a long-term strategy for 6G and expand research-and-development funding.
“6G technologies will bring more than just improved data transmission speeds, said the CNAS report.
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Communications technology forms the conduit of societies, implicating future economic competitiveness, military strength and geopolitical influence.
It will require an army of researchers working on it to remain competitive.
For companies, the stakes could not be higher, Ku said.
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But these technologies will need the faster speeds afforded by 6G, he added.
5Gs throughput rate peaks at 20 gigabits per second, while 6G will scale to 1000 gigabytes per second.
Performance of this order of magnitude is not achievable on single-user devices such as especially smartphones, Jain said.
The processing will be distributed over multiple devices in a pervasive software-defined data pipe.
Researchers predict that 6G will place an emphasis on extremely high bandwidth and reliability.
If 5G makes IoT possible, 6G will bring optimum use of IoT, Ku said.
