MediaTek releases "6G Vision White Paper" to define three basic design principles S.O.C.

Abstract: On January 18, 2022, MediaTek released the "6G Vision White Paper", which outlines MediaTek's 6G vision with three themes: timeline, key technology trends and engineering implementation factors, and proposes three basic principles of 6G system design based on technology trends "S.O.C." : Simplexity, Optimization and Covergence. The 6G Vision White Paper aims to explore technology development trends and possible directions for 6G technology standardization, accelerate the sustainable transformation of digital society, and help the high-quality development of the 6G ecosystem with the help of advanced communication technologies.

On January 18, 2022, MediaTek released the 6G Vision White Paper, outlining MediaTek's 6G vision based on three themes: timeline, key technology trends and engineering enablement factors, and proposing three basic principles of 6G system design based on technology trends, "S.O.C." : Simplexity, Optimization and Covergence. The 6G Vision White Paper aims to explore technology development trends and possible directions for 6G technology standardization, accelerate the sustainable transformation of digital society, and help the high-quality development of the 6G ecosystem with the help of advanced communication technologies.

Dr. Fan Mingxi, Deputy General Manager of MediaTek Communication System Design and R&D Headquarters, said: "6G is still in the stage of key technology research and development and breakthrough in the early stage of the industry, MediaTek is increasing R&D investment and exploring the possibility of multi-faceted communication new technologies with the world's top academic and industrial research partners, in order to provide a broader space for the highly sustainable development of the next stage of human society." In addition to the ultra-wide spectrum transceiver, terrestrial and interstellar network convergence, artificial intelligence and machine learning in the communication of collaborative convergence, network node 'terminal' and other new technology areas discussed in this white paper, I believe that there will be more new technologies emerging in the next few years, and we look forward to working with partners in various fields to promote the 6G vision into reality." ”

MediaTek believes that with the deepening of global 6G technology research, mobile performance enhancement, network architecture design, spectrum resource use efficiency, communication and computing convergence, energy efficiency, etc. will be important opportunities and challenges in the future, and it is expected that the initial standardization of 6G may begin around 2024/2025, and the first version of the specification may be released around 2027/2028. MediaTek will continue to actively invest in the 5G field, continue to integrate advantages in 6G standardization and product realization, and strive to promote the sustainable development of the entire industry.

MediaTek proposes three basic design principles for 6G: S.O.C:

Simplexity: On the one hand, the 6G standard should simplify traditional designs to improve efficiency, on the other hand, exchange moderate complexity for higher system performance, balance complexity and simplicity, pursue better bit energy consumption, and help achieve global double carbon goals.

Optimization: User experience-oriented drive for 6G system optimization. MediaTek expects to optimize in three new key directions, namely heterogeneous radio access architecture, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and cross-layer optimized design for complex applications.

Convergence: The concept of convergence includes support for full-band access, integration between devices and network nodes, integration of multiple wireless access technologies, integration of terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks, and comprehensive integration of communications, perception and computing, so as to maximize the benefits of technology scale, improve the cost performance of 6G networks and devices, and enhance the performance of 6G systems.

MediaTek's take on key trends in next-generation mobile communications:

New killer applications will further drive the demand for system performance, such as extreme holographic and haptic communications, digital twins, advanced remote services, and more;

Driven by new applications, data transmission rates will be increased to 10-100 times that of 5G while ensuring ultra-low latency;

Additional spectrum availability in the 7-24GHz and Sub-THz bands increases the total available bandwidth to more than 50GHz. The new spectrum provides important support for extreme application services, but also brings serious challenges to overcoming the propagation attenuation of the high frequency band;

There are two main reasons for the particular focus on dense networks: one is to increase the capacity of the low frequency band, and the other is to overcome the serious propagation attenuation problem in the new frequency band. Issues and challenges such as the cost of indoor base station deployment need to be solved in a different way than 5G;

Enabling ubiquitous global connectivity, including to remote areas not currently covered by cellular networks;

MediaTek will be guided by the three basic design principles of "S.O.C", breaking through the basic theory of 6G research, developing core technologies, and promoting the formulation of global unified standards and industrial ecological development. In the future, MediaTek will work with industry partners to work together on 6G research and development, further promote the digital transformation of society, and help improve global user experience and production efficiency through cutting-edge technology exploration and advanced technology.

Source: MediaTek