In the 6G era, the digital, physical and human world will seamlessly fuse to trigger extrasensory experiences. Intelligent knowledge systems will be combined with robust computation capabilities to make humans endlessly more efficient and redefine how we live, work and take care of the planet. Even though there is still a lot of innovation in 5G with the 5G-Advanced release of new standards, Nokia Bell Labs has already begun the research work on 6G to make it commercially available by 2030.
How Does 6G Work?
If you thought the leap in data transfer speed from 4G to 5G was a big one, then here’s a shocker: 6G wireless network is rumored to be 100 times faster than 5G. While 5G technology relied on frequencies in the microwave range to transmit data, 6G will be using even smaller wavelengths that fall in the Terahertz (THz) band that falls between 100 GHz to 3 THz.
This will enable it to transmit data at shockingly fast speeds of approximately 95 Gbps (gigabits per second), which can hit a peak max speed of up to even 1 Tbps (terabit per second).
Another way to understand the data transmission speeds with 6G is to analyze its latency, which is usually measured in milliseconds. Simply put, latency is the time it takes for data to be transmitted from its originating source to its destination. The lower the latency, the faster your data transmission speed would be.
The latency for 4G networks is around 50 milliseconds and it falls to a mere 5 milliseconds with 5G technology.
6G networks are set to reduce that to only 1 millisecond - implying an almost instantaneous data transfer speed. The high-capacity, ultra-low latency features of 6G will expand the scope of wireless technology to encompass never-before-seen applications in AI (artificial intelligence), mobile edge computing, blockchain technology, and much more."
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