6G Network and its Impacts

6G

(sixth-generation wireless) is to be the successor to 5G cellular technology. 6G networks will be able to use higher frequen-cies than 5G networks and provide substantially higher capacity and much lower latency.

The technology is expected to be globally available by 2030. One may wonder why we would even need 6G, 6G is expected to support data rates of 1 terabyte per second, which would mean systems would be able to service more than one client or task at a time, drastically expanding the scope of capabilities.

Mobile edge computing will be built into all 6G networks, Mobile edge computing is particularly important to telecommunications and mobile phone internet connectivity as Mobile edge computing is a digital mobile phone technology that allows improved data transmission rates. Currently Mobile edge computing must be added to existing 5G networks. Edge and core computing will be more seamlessly integrated as part of a combined communications/computation infrastructure framework.

6G is expected to have a big impact on more than just telecommunications but in areas of Governance, entertainment and transport. As 6G is expected to accelerate development in threat detection; health monitoring; feature and facial recognition; decisionmaking in areas like law enforcement and social credit systems; air quality measurements; and gas and toxicity sensing.

Improvements in these fields would also benefit mobile technology, as well as emerging technologies such as smart cities, autonomous vehicles, virtual reality and augmented reality.

Reading:

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2020/08/13/coming-5g-revolutionwill-affect-environment/