Third one6G Workshop on Integrated, Intelligent and Ubiquitous Connectivity for 6G
On September 2, 2024, at the IEEE PIMRC 2024 in Valencia, one6G organized the third edition of the workshop on integrated, intelligent and ubiquitous connectivity for 6G, engaging a large number of researchers and industry professionals working in this interdisciplinary area.
The recently adopted IMT-2030 (6G) framework by ITU-R envisions the integration of multiple networks including local, cellular, satellite, and underwater, and functionalities including communication, sensing, localization, and computing with native AI and machine learning to build an integrated intelligent network across space, air, and ground, and achieve global seamless coverage. Several key technological trends have emerged including ultra wideband communication, integrated sensing, localization, and communication frameworks, integrated terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks to provide 3D full coverage of Earth, programmable radio environments enabled by reconfigurable intelligent and holographic surfaces (RIS/H-MIMO), and native AI and machine learning to enable mobile connected intelligence. The combination of these technological trends is expected to fulfill the goal of integrated, intelligent and ubiquitous (IIU) connectivity for 6G and beyond networks.
Under this motivation, the third one6G workshop on integrated, intelligent and ubiquitous connectivity for 6G explored the potential, integration, and management of solutions including integrated AI and communication, integrated sensing, communication, computing and control, intelligent metasurfaces including RISs and holographic radios, and integrated non-terrestrial-to-terrestrial connectivity. The full-day workshop was divided into four parts covering different aspects:
- RIS, mmWave and Hz bands
- Integrated, Intelligent and Ubiquitous Connectivity for 6G
- Multiple Access, Spectrum Sensing and RAN
- Machine Learning and Emerging 6G Technologies
The key takeaway from the workshop is that 6G will be beyond just connectivity, as the IMT-2030 framework suggests the enhanced capabilities of integrated sensing and communications, integrated AI and communications, and ubiquitous connectivity technologies will play a vital role in the next generation of systems and networks.
About IEEE PIMRC
The Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC) has become one of the two major conferences of the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) in the field of wireless communications and networking. Originally founded in 1989 in London as a workshop and developed over the years to become a major international conference attracting the technical community from all regions and continents.