Summary
Peoples’ lives depend on communication and a ubiquitous, reliable mobile networks for their daily life. We continue to support people towards and beyond the 2030 perspective
Mobile networks are critical for society and business moving from only MBB-connectivity to supporting efficient service introduction and efficient networks via programmable platforms able to expose capabilities via standardized APIs.
Future networks must meet increasing demands for coverage, efficiency, resilience, security, and advanced services in a cyber‑physical continuum linking digital and physical systems.
The Ericsson Global Architecture (TGA) describes the view of the separation of the network into horizontal layers and vertical deployment locations. This modular, cloud‑native design is intended to support openness, rapid service introduction, best performing network including security, sustainability, and heavy use of data and AI.
6G should be an evolution of 5G. The core network will be extended to support 6G radio, RAN will support a new 6G RAT as well as spectrum sharing(MRSS).
Several cross‑cutting capabilities are highlighted:
- Autonomous networks: Progressing toward “zero‑touch” operations and rapid service and product introduction using intent‑based management, AI/ML, and agentic AI.
- AI in the architecture: AI will be embedded throughout the network and in AI agents, coordinated and managed through emerging AgentOps practices.
- Exposure and APIs: A layered exposure model allows CSPs to offer network capabilities via standardized APIs with strong consent and data‑privacy controls.
- Data handling: A federated data mesh approach (including Ericsson’s Federated Data Lake) to collect once and reuse data across analytics, AI, automation, and exposure, while respecting governance and quality.
Mission‑critical segments require very high reliability, availability, and resilience, as well as strong security and sometimes operation under degraded conditions. 5G/6G, together with features like non‑terrestrial networks, integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), precise positioning, etc. will support these sectors and their evolving deployment models.
Enterprises are supported by multiple private and hybrid deployment options and stresses the need for a unified application experience across public and private domains.
Ericsson proposes a gradual, standards‑aligned evolution from 5G to 6G, centered on cloud‑native, modular architecture; pervasive AI and automation also meeting the need for rapid service introduction ; open and programmable interfaces; differentiated and dependable services; and robust security and resilience to support the digitalization of society and industry by 2030.