6G to Build a Sustainable Future

This book explores the motivation, values, and needs of 6G, with a strong emphasis on environmental, economic, and social sustainability.

It offers a summary of the research conducted in the European 6G Flagship project Hexa-X-II towards the sixth generation (6G) mobile networks, with additional input from other smart networks and services joint undertaking (SNS-JU) projects, such as 6G-DISAC, 6G-MUSICAL, 6G-NTN, 6G-SHINE, Deterministic 6G, RIGOROUS, ROBUST-6G, TERRAMETA and TERA6G.

The book provides an end-to-end (E2E) blueprint of the 6G system and outlines the potential paths from the project results towards standardization and further towards introduction to the markets.

Topics discussed include:

Design principles, requirements, value, validation and blueprints for inclusive, trustworthy, and environmentally sustainable 6G platforms
6G transceiver and radio design, covering architecture and deployment, radio link modeling, transmission schemes, and signal processing hardware
6G intelligence through AI-native architecture, smart network management, and intent-based management
Architectural enablers including flexible networks, dependable networking, beyond communication services architecture, and radio protocols
E2E security concepts, covering security enablers

Cover of book 6G to build a sustainable future

“6G to Build a Sustainable Future” is an essential, up-to-date reference for wireless researchers, network planners, technology analysts, technology marketers, R&D engineers, application developers, spectrum regulators, and students.

Editors

Mikko A. Uusitalo, Nokia Bell Labs Finland Site Lead, Head of Research Department, Nokia, Finland. Mikko was leading the European 6G Flagship project Hexa-X-II.

Patrik Rugeland, Master Researcher, Ericsson Research, Sweden. Patrik was the Technical Manager for Hexa-X-II.

Mauro Boldi, Project Manager, TIM, Italy. Mauro was the leader of dissemination and standardization activities for Hexa-X-II.

Ahmad Nimr, Research Group Lead, TU-Dresden, Germany. Ahmad was leading the Radio Evolution and Innovation work package in Hexa-X-II.

Chapter authors from Ericsson

Mårten Ericson, Hamed Farhadi, Merve Saimler, Athanasios Stavridis,
Stefan Wänstedt

Authors also include, from Ericsson

Elham Dehghan Biyar, Josue Castaneda Cisneros, Janos Harmatos, Ling Jie, Leyli Karacay, Gunes Kesik, Joachim Sachs, Bikramjit Singh

Published by Wiley

ISBN: 978-1-394-36357-5