Mobile Communications Beyond 2020 – The Evolution of 5G Towards Next G

As the world is beginning to enjoy the benefits of 5G, the “fifth generation” of wireless cellular technology, the industry is starting to plan for the future set of requirements needed for its continued evolution, as well as for the next generation of mobile communications. Additional enhancements and evolution of the current IMT-2020 (5G) technology standards continue to be expected from the industry, just like it has been with all the previous “G’s”. For this reason, 5G Americas has reviewed “6G” concepts from Asia and Europe and is starting to review early 6G work in the United States. This white paper details this global work, comments upon it as appropriate, and presents some of the current use cases and technologies for consideration for the evolution of 5G towards the next G.