Towards Sustainable and Trustworthy 6g - by Omer Bulakcı & & XI Li & Marco Gramaglia & Anastasius Gavras & Mikko Uusitalo (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book is aimed to lay the architectural foundation for the next European program towards 6G, i.e., Smart Networks & Services Joint Undertaking

Book Synopsis

While the 5th Generation (5G) system is being widely deployed across the globe, the information and communication technology (ICT) industry, research, standardization and consensus building for the 6th generation (6G) are already well underway with high expectations towards the merger of digital, physical, and human worlds. The main goal of this book is to introduce the upcoming 6G technologies and outline the foreseen challenges, enablers, and architectural design trends that will be instrumental in realizing a Sustainable and Trustworthy 6G system in the coming years.

The envisioned 6G system promises to offer a more advanced and comprehensive user experience not only by achieving higher speeds, larger capacity, and lower latency, but also much more improved reliability, greater energy efficiency, and an enhanced security and privacy-preserving framework while natively integrating intelligence end-to-end (E2E). Achieving these goals will require innovative technological solutions and a holistic system design that considers the needs of various stakeholders and future 6G use cases.

Capitalizing on the European 5G Public-Private-Partnership (5G PPP) Phase 3 projects working on 5G & Beyond and 6G research in recent years, and the join efforts between the Architecture Working Group (WG) and the 6G flagship Hexa-X project, this book delves into the critical challenges and enablers of the 6G system, including new network architectures and novel enhancements as well as the role of regulators, network operators, industry players, application developers, and end-users. Accordingly, this book provides a comprehensive landscape of the current research activities on 6G in Europe and sets a solid cornerstone on the 6G development towards a more connected, intelligent, and sustainable world.

Furthermore, as 5G PPP Phase 3 consists of the last calls of the Horizon 2020 program, this book is aimed to lay the architectural foundation for the next European program towards 6G, i.e., Smart Networks & Services (SNS) Joint Undertaking (JU).

Review Quotes

"This book, as a joint effort between the Hexa-X project and the Architecture WG, is the culmination of the European architecture work as a whole. It highlights the latest requirements on the future architecture along with the architectural design principles to respond to technical, economical, and societal needs. Moreover, it elevates the perspective from the long-term evolution of the 5G technologies towards the introduction of the 6G system. It thus provides a reference point for future 6G architecture work to continue in the SNS JU. We count on the Hexa-X flagship as well as collaborative facilities under the 5G PPP and SNS JU, such as the Architecture WG, to continue creating the critical mass in Europe towards this vision.

I am looking forward to the creativity and ambition of the global research and innovation community to shape the new generation of communication technology throughout this decade."

-Peter Stuckmann Head of Unit, Future Connectivity Systems, European Commission