The French government is turning to 6G. Ministers Sylvie Retailleau (Higher Education and Research) and Jean-Noël Barrot (Digital Transition and Telecommunications) announced this week the launch of the “Networks of the Future” Research Program (PEPR). A program co-piloted by the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the Institut Mines Télécom (IMT).
The Government entrusts them with the task of offering a “France 6G” platform, in order to prepare for the arrival of this technology in France.
“Networks of the Future” is a research program with a budget of €65 million. The program aims to offer the telecommunications industry new technological bricks thanks to French research.
Definition of 6G system, technical and technological specifications
And this will first go through the definition of the system, technical and technological specifications of 6G.
On paper, 6G drives the meters crazy, with theoretical speeds up to 100 times higher than those of 5G, on a frequency band between 7 GHz and 10 THz. What pose environmental and energy challenges. In the continuity of 5G, 6G must respond to new applications such as interactive robotics, immersive reality, or even digital twins.
By merging communication and computing functions and sensor networks into a single system, 6G should, according to a dedicated white paper from Vivo Communications Research Institute, “deliver entirely new digital-to-human experiences, such as immersive mixed reality or even holographic and multisensory communication”.
“Hundreds of billions of devices will be interconnected by 2030”
“6G will not only connect human beings to each other, but also human beings to machines and machines to machines, fostering the creation of a whole new digital world,” said the Chinese smartphone maker. “Hundreds of billions of devices will be interconnected in this way by 2030.”
And if the smartphone will remain a key device in the era of 6G, new human-machine interfaces should also arrive on the market, according to Nokia. “Touchscreen input will gradually be replaced by gesture and voice control. The devices will be embedded in clothing and even turn into skin patches. »