Ministry of Science and ICT Prepares Global Blueprint for 6G Mobile Communication

On the 23rd, the Ministry of Science and ICT announced that the development of the 'IMT-2030 Framework (6G Vision) Recommendation (Draft),' which contains concepts such as the target services and key performance indicators of 6th generation mobile communication (6G), has been completed.

This draft was finalized at the 44th International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radiocommunication Sector Working Party 5D (ITU-R WP5D) meeting held in Geneva, Switzerland, from the 12th to the 22nd. The 6G Vision serves as the blueprint for international standardization of 6G to be pursued by 2030.

Since March 2021, during seven working party meetings, opinions from numerous ITU member countries, industries, and research institutions have been sharply divided. However, at this meeting, consensus was reached on the importance of 6G technology as a core infrastructure across all industries, enabling the final agreement on the recommendation (draft).

According to the recommendation (draft), the 6G target services (usage scenarios) are defined as: ▲ communication-based services that expand the 5G domain such as augmented reality and digital twins providing immersive experiences based on enhanced performance compared to 5G, and ▲ new converged services based on the combination of artificial intelligence and sensing. The characteristics that must be applied to all these services include sustainability, security, privacy protection, recoverability, connectivity expansion, and intelligence.

As for the 6G key performance indicators, in addition to the nine existing 5G indicators, six new indicators (coverage, positioning, sensing indicators, artificial intelligence indicators, sustainability, interoperability) were added, making a total of 15 indicators. Among these, reliability, latency, and connection density have target values up to 10 times improved compared to 5G, while target values for other indicators will be determined during the technical performance requirements phase (2024?2026).

If the recommendation (draft) is adopted at the ITU Study Group 5 (SG5) meeting under ITU in September, it will go through subsequent approval procedures and be finalized as the 6G Vision recommendation around November to December. Based on this, through defining performance criteria and evaluation methods, proposing and evaluating candidate technologies, the development and approval of the 6G standard is planned to be completed by 2030.

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