“6G: The Way Forward with Important KPIs and Technologies” is podcast #11 of IEEE’s ComSoc Technology News (IEEE CTN).  In this podcast we are happy to have Professor Ana Garcia Armada from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, and CTN’s Senior Editor Professor Aryan Kaushik from Manchester Met, UK sharing their views on what are the critical and important KPIs and technology adjustments that need to take place in order to make 6G the logical evolution in wireless communications.  By identifying...

In Podcast #10, CTN brings you the wisdom of three excellent academic and industry researchers working together in the one6G organization (one6G – Taking communications to the next level)  which looks to define what 6G might be from the European perspective.  The discussion from this group is quite engaging and showcases the challenges but also the opportunities that lie ahead for 6G, while discussing the value of 5G and 5GA as the anchor for 6G.  The challenges are not only technical and...

In the previous podcast (#8) the speakers provided a perspective into the emerging 6G technologies and the state of industrial progress toward 6G.  Podcast #9 continues to close the circle of pre-standardization and pre-commercialization activities with a discussion regarding early test beds being developed to prove either academically or by the industry the key technologies being researched for 6G.  These include testbeds for sensing and communication (ISAC), experiments on localization and...

Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) has gathered significant attention from the academic community in recent years and it has also made its way into the ITU-2030 usage scenarios.  3GPP has also taken up work on sensing and on the integration of communications systems with sensing capabilities, with the objective to include support for ISAC in initial releases of 6G.  Beyond academic work, industrial players are busy at work trying to figure out how to implement and introduce these...

CTN’s podcast #7 features a very distinguished academic panel discussing the emerging technologies that are being researched and developed in order to support the upcoming 6G network’s requirements.  Some of these will be there on day one, while some still need more research but they all can be far reaching and have the potential to usher in many exciting new services.  We wish to thank the panelists for their contribution to CTN’s podcast series. Prof. Julie McCann, Professor, Imperial...

CTN’s podcast #6 features Professor Yansha Deng discussing with our very own Professor Aryan Kaushik the vision of AI and how it will be enhancing the upcoming 6G technology cycle.  The words “AI native”  has been used extensively as it relates to 6G, and academic work has and is taking place in almost every research space, from physical layer, to cross layer to management and orchestration.  This podcast provides great insights into the ways in which AI will make 6G promises become...

Podcast #5 of CTN is proud to present Alessandro Guidotti, Senior Researcher, CNIT, Italy discussing Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) from the perspective of standardization activities and how the technology fits with the Terrestrial Networks (TN) evolution towards 6G. Since its inception, 3GPP has been focused on the standardization and evolution of terrestrial wireless networks and specifically cellular networks. In the most recent release of 3GPP, and for the first time in its history, NTN...

Podcast #4 of CTN is proud to present Professor Davide Dardari from the University of Bologna where he discusses the use of metaprism materials and smart skins in wireless communication.  Metaprism, a concept rooted in metamaterials science, allows for the manipulation of electromagnetic waves depending on their frequency (frequency selectivity properties) and it is promising to revolutionize how we think of non-reconfigurable smart surfaces.  Smart skins continue to advance how we are able...

In this episode, Prof. Aryan Kaushik hosts Prof. Wonjae Shin at the IEEE Globecom 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, over the discussion on Non-Terrestrial Networks for 5G-Advanced and 6G, timeliness with latest 6G framework and standardization, challenges to multi-beam satellite communication based NTN, fundamentals and benefits of implementing rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) for interference management in NTN, and RSMA for integrated NTN-TN satellite connectivity with related challenges....

Prof Aryan Kaushik and Prof Di Renzo discusses the trends, challenges, potential use cases, applications and prospects of deploying RIS and H-MIMO in future communications networks.  Professor Aryan Kaushik hosts Professor Marco Di Renzo in this podcast that sheds light on the role that these technologies can play as we approach 6G standardization.  RIS has been the subject of numerous research activities that has seen the original concept of RIS assisted networks significantly evolve over...

Featuring Aryan Kaushik and Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir This podcast on “Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTNs) for Global Connectivity" discusses the trends, challenges, standardisation perspective, use cases, applications and future prospects of deploying NTNs into 5G-Advanced and 6G communications. We shed light on the role of airborne NTNs such as unmanned aerial vehicles/flying platforms, integration of NTNs with latest 6G usage scenarios such as integrated sensing and communications, importance of...