But here, 6G is the new bleeding-edge hotness
In telecommunications, 6G is the sixth generation standard currently under development for wireless communications technologies supporting cellular data networks. It is the planned successor to 5G and will likely be significantly faster. Like its predecessors, 6G networks will probably be broadband cellular networks, in which the service area is divided into small geographical areas called cells. Several companies (Nokia, Ericsson, Huawei, Samsung, LG, Apple, Xiaomi), as well as several countries (China, India, Japan and Singapore), have shown interest in 6G networks.
Chinese lab says it made a breakthrough in 6G mobile technology as global standards-setting race heats up
Roughly right on time, as I recall the earliest developments in 5G starting around 2011-2012 with the first municipal developments getting started in South Korea sometime around my first Yuli Banularity in early 2014. If 6G follows the same timeline, then we'll be hearing more about infrastructural progress for it in a couple of years and a whole lot more on R&D for it by 2017-2018.A Chinese lab said it has made a breakthrough in next generation mobile communications technology, as the global power struggle over standards-setting in the telecoms industry continues to heat up.
A government-backed institute called Purple Mountain Laboratories said on Wednesday that a research team led by its chief scientist professor You Xiaohu had achieved a sixth generation (6G)-level wireless transmission up to a speed of 206.25 gigabits per second for the first time in a lab environment, according to a statement on its website.
The project was supported by a special government project on 6G and achieved in collaboration with telecoms giant China Mobile and Fudan University.
The speed achieved is a world record for real-time wireless transmission within the terahertz frequency band (300GHz~3THz), which is considered to be the bedrock for future 6G mobile communications, according to the Purple Mountain statement.