Just! There is the latest trend in the 6G network, and What does it mean for China Mobile to make a big noise? Global 5G users may exceed 1 billion this year

Although 5G networks are still in the global popularization period, some countries have already brewed up the layout of 6G technology in advance. The progress of China's 6G technology is particularly concerned. Just now, China Mobile's latest white paper proposes the first systematic 6G network architecture design.

On June 21, China Mobile released the "China Mobile 6G Network Architecture Technology White Paper" (hereinafter referred to as the "White Paper") at the "2022 Science and Technology Week and Mobile Information Industry Chain Innovation Conference". The "White Paper" proposes the overall architecture design of three-body, four-layer, five-sided 6G, which is the industry's first systematic 6G network architecture design.

Gao Tongqing, deputy general manager of China Mobile, said that with the advent of the 5G-A era, 6G has become the focus of technological innovation in the global mobile communications industry. Architecture is the skeleton and backbone of mobile communication systems and plays a vital role.

Anxin Securities Research Report believes that at present, China's 5G construction is leading the world and has the world's most 6G patented technology. 5G technology occupies an important position in the new infrastructure, which is a prerequisite for the development of the digital economy and opens up a new situation of interconnection of all things. 6G technology is of great significance to the improvement of the accuracy of communication indicators, the expansion of the scope of communication space and the expansion of communication application fields, and has become the engine power of the development of the digital economy and the upgrading of the intelligent connection of all things.

6G will become the cornerstone of more technological innovation

Zhang Ping, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said at the 2022 "World Telecommunication and Information Society Day" conference that 6G will drive the high-quality development of the internal cycle of digital industrialization, and it is necessary to strive for the dominance of 6G by promoting scientific and technological innovation.

6G technology will effectively promote the ability to improve distance education, telemedicine, remote positioning, virtual reality interaction, etc., will make many of the ideals of the metaverse now envisaged become a reality, and people will truly realize the digital life of online and offline integration, which will bring about a qualitative revolution, and will also help human beings predict weather, understand nature, respond quickly, and establish a more perfect ecological network.

CCID Think Tank also said that 6G development will involve but is not limited to network construction, industrial ecology, technological innovation, integrated applications and security guarantees in the 5G era. Referring to the successful experience of mainland 5G, the first is to accelerate the introduction of top-level design, research plans and guarantee policies for 6G at the national level, carry out differentiated layout with 5G, and further expand competitive advantages at the strategic level. The second is to increase the declaration reserve and protection of 6G standards and related technology patents, paving the way for the mainland's 6G technology and standards to "go global". The third is to continue to use the advantages of government, industry, academia and research through joint research and development, strategic cooperation, industrial alliances, co-construction and sharing, etc., and concentrate on 6G research and development.

Public information shows that China's 6G technology research started earlier. As early as March 9, 2018, Miao Wei, then minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that China had begun to study 6G. On November 3, 2019, the Ministry of Science and Technology, together with the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Natural Science Foundation, organized a kick-off meeting on 6G technology research and development in Beijing. The meeting announced the establishment of the National 6G Technology Research and Development Promotion Working Group and the National 6G Technology Research and Development Overall Expert Group.

In November 2019, the world's first 6G white paper "Key Drivers and Research Challenges of 6G Wireless Intelligence Everywhere" in 2019 was released. The white paper points out that most of the performance indicators of 6G will be 10 to 100 times higher than 5G. In the 6G era, it is possible to download 10 HD videos of the same type in 1 second.

Since then, China has clearly put forward in the "14th Five-Year Plan" outline that it is necessary to forward-looking layout of 6G network technology reserves, and has successively established a national 6G technology research and development promotion working group and an overall expert group, and an IMT-2030 (6G) promotion group to promote 6G work.

The IMT-2030 (6G) Promotion Group released the "6G Overall Vision and Potential Key Technologies White Paper" in 2021, pointing out that for 2030 and the future, 6G networks will help achieve the deep integration of the real physical world and the virtual digital world, and build a new world of intelligent connection of all things and digital twins. The extensive and in-depth application of new services such as immersive cloud XR, holographic communication, sensory interconnection, intelligent interaction, communication perception, inclusive intelligence, digital twin, and global coverage in the fields of people's lives, social production, and public services will better support the needs of high-quality economic development, and further realize the precision of social governance, the efficiency of public services, and the diversification of people's lives.

6G is adding to the digital economy

When 6G technology is applied, what kind of changes will it bring to our lives?

Liu Guangyi, chief expert of China Mobile Research Institute and head of the 6G project, summarized the performance indicators of 6G networks, that is, the peak rate of the network reached terabytes (Tbps); User experience rate reaches the gigabit level (Gbps); Real-time processing of user latency close to massive data; The reliability of wireless networks is close to wired transmission; The traffic density and connection density of 6G are at least 10 times or even thousands of times higher than that of 5G; Support mobile high-speed communication, the speed of more than 1000 km / h, not only support high-speed railway communication coverage, but also support aircraft coverage; Spectral efficiency can be increased by two to three times.

The "6G Concept and Vision White Paper" released by CCID Think Tank Radio pointed out that 6G will include a variety of access networks, such as mobile cellular, satellite communication, drone communication, underwater acoustic communication, visible light communication and other access methods, and will build a cross-regional, cross-airspace, cross-sea-sea integrated network to achieve truly global seamless coverage.

Anxin Securities Research Report pointed out that 6G technology is of great significance to the improvement of the accuracy of communication indicators, the expansion of the scope of communication space and the expansion of communication application fields, and has become the engine power of the development of the digital economy and help the transition and upgrading of the intelligent connection of all things.

In addition, 6G applications will also revolve around the three dimensions of smart life, smart production and smart society, covering holographic technology, empathy Internet, twin body area network, super transportation, precision medicine and other fields. Among them, the upstream of the holographic technology industry chain mainly includes manufacturers that provide R&D and manufacturing of holographic materials, equipment and chips, the midstream mainly includes holographic content, equipment manufacturing and integrated service companies, and the downstream mainly includes various product forms for the application and transformation of holographic technology. With the development of 6G technology, application fields such as holographic technology will bring consumers a better sense of experience, strong market demand, and broad prospects for the future.

This year, global 5G users will exceed the 1 billion mark

Since the beginning of 5G commercialization in 2019, how effective has the promotion of 5G technology in the world been?

According to media reports, Ericsson pointed out in its semi-annual report that thanks to the high usage rate in China and North America, it is expected that global 5G users will exceed the 1 billion mark this year. By 2027, the number of 5G subscribers worldwide could reach 4.4 billion.

And what are the results of domestic 5G applications? According to the Shengang Securities Research Report, the number of 5G base stations in the mainland increased from 130,000 stations at the end of 2019 to 1.615 million stations in April 2022, and the proportion of 5G base stations reached 16%. 5G base stations account for more than 60% of the world, and the number of 5G base stations is expected to exceed 2 million stations by the end of 2022. As of the end of April 2022, the number of 5G mobile users reached 413 million, accounting for 24.8%, an increase of 3.2 percentage points from the end of 2021, and 5G package users reached 870 million.

Wanlian Securities Research Report also pointed out that the integration of 5G with AI, big data, cloud computing, Internet of Things, edge computing, blockchain and other technologies can meet the communication needs of industrial manufacturing, automatic driving, drone control, telemedicine, smart cities and other fields, and truly become a new engine to promote the digital transformation of the industry. At present, 5G applications cover transportation, medical care, education, cultural tourism and many other areas of life, with a total of more than 20,000 cases, and the distribution is "two eight laws" distribution, that is, the communication between people only accounts for about 20% of the total number of applications, and 80% of the applications are in the To B field such as the Internet of Vehicles and the Industrial Internet, which is also the new market development direction of operators and equipment manufacturers in the industry. Under the background of moderately advanced construction, core networks, base station connections, cables, power supplies, air conditioners and other supporting equipment deserve continuous attention.

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