6G technology development aspects

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The deployment of 6G communication networks is expected in the early 2030s; in 2017 the IEEE 802.15.3d standard (300 GHz range) was approved and work on improving it continues. The article discusses the architectures and main technologies required for the deployment of 6G networks and the problems of their implementation.

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M. Makushin

НОБ «Военные науки и оборонная промышленность» БРЭ

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Russian Federation

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2. Fig. 1. International Telecommunication Union forecast of exponential growth of mobile data traffic until 2030. Source: International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

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3. Fig. 2. Maximum data rate for different receiving powers (assuming the receiver noise level is 25 dB). Source: IEEE

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4. Fig. 3. General description of the IEEE 802.15.3d communication channel. Source: IEEE

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5. Fig. 4. Illustration of CMOS scaling with asymptotic evolution according to Moore's law (a); the first demonstration 1-THz amplifier created using InP technology (b); an example demonstrating the "best fit for a given function" due to heterogeneous integration (c). Source: IEEE

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