Indo-US Workshop To Explore 6G Technologies

New Delhi: India has kicked off its 6G research journey and a collaboration with the US can further advance use cases around the new technology, according to experts.

Towards this goal, IIT Delhi is organising a two-day international workshop, titled “Indo-US Workshop on 6G Technologies,” on December 9-10 in the national capital.

The key objective is to assess the current status of 6G development in India and discuss 6G goals in terms of use cases to be addressed, technologies to be developed, IPR and prototype/testbed creation, manufacturing of equipment/devices/prototypes, and development of skilled manpower.

The aim is to recommend strategies for achieving these goals and how India-US collaboration could help.

"6G communication systems are expected to enable new use cases such as ubiquitous connectivity (through non-terrestrial networks), industry automation, autonomous driving and tactile internet/mobile robots,” said Professor Saif Khan Mohammed, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi.

New use cases bring their own issues of reliability, efficiency, security, and sustainability. “An objective of this workshop is to understand the technology enablers for these new use cases and how India can lead the innovation of new technologies,” he said in a statement.

The workshop will feature panel discussions and talks by telecom stakeholders from India and the US, including eminent academicians, representatives from government and standardisation bodies, telecom operators, and equipment manufacturers.