6G Set to Primarily Be an Industrial IoT Network

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Cellular-based positioning technology for critical IoT industrial cases will be one of the key elements in future 6G networks.

www.eetimes.com/, Mar. 04, 2023 – 

BARCELONA, Spain–While 5G is still in the early stages of deployment in many markets, and most commercially available networks are non-standalone, the industry is already experimenting with the possibilities of next-generation 6G cellular networks–and the IoT will be incremental to realizing those innovations.

5G is, for most people, the last interaction of the mobile telephone networks that arrived in the last quarter of the 20th century. Connected devices get a boost of speed, and some power users can now play low-latency online games and ultra-high–definition videos on their smartphones and tablets.

For cellular service providers (CSPs) and other industry stakeholders, 5G is the logical evolution of cellular connectivity, where data has finally replaced voice as the primary driver of wireless communications. 5G New Radio (5G NR) finally provides the reliability and high-performance wireless connectivity needed for the last industrial revolution.

CSPs are now beginning to launch the first standalone 5G networks, finally enabling critical IoT services, such as ultra-low latency and network slicing. In 2025, 5G Advanced (3GPP Rel. 18), also called 5G+, will arrive, providing the full promise of 5G for high-performance applications like autonomous driving, advanced robotics, remote operation and maintenance, massive critical IoT and the industrial metaverse.

Leveraging real-time data from all sources, organizations will use digital twins to create innovative industrial IoT solutions and artificial intelligence and analytics to leverage actionable insights, making products and services of tomorrow with information from immersive simulations.

Then, after 5G finally reaches its full potential, the early stages of 6G will emerge, bringing new features to enable the advanced industrial applications of this century.

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