On July 14, Samsung released a white paper entitled “The Next Hyper-Connected Experience for All.” outlining the company’s vision for the next generation communication system, namely 6G… In the white paper, Samsung expects that the completion of the 6G standard and its earliest commercialization date could be as early as 2028, while mass commercialization may occur around 2030. Both humans and machines will be the main users of 6G, and 6G will be characterized by provision of advanced services such as truly immersive extended reality (XR), high-fidelity mobile hologram and digital replica.
(Samsung Press Release, July 14)
Ankit Malhotra's key takeaways:
- Development for next-gen tech takes about 10 years and Samsung thinks commercialization could come as early as 2028.
- The company expects 6G will connect more machines than humans and it might be the first connectivity tech to bring truly new smartphone form factors such as AR/XR glasses.
- It will, of course, improve on speed and connectivity, offering theoretical peak speeds up to 1000 GB/sec and end-to-end latency of less than 1ms. As well, Samsung believes 6G will be able to support 10,000,000 devices per square km – 10 times more than 5G.
- Interesting read and great peek at not only the requirements of 6G but also its applications.