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ITU Advances the Development Of IMT-2030 for 6G Mobile Technologies

standards approved by 2030. The IMT-2030
Framework Recommendation identifies
15 capabilities for 6G technology. Nine of
those capabilities are derived from existing
5G systems. IMT-2030 is also expected
to help address the need for increased
environmental, social and economic
sustainability, and also support the goals of
the Paris Agreement of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Expected usage scenarios for 6G include:
• Immersive communication to provide a
rich and interactive video experience for
users.
• Hyper-reliable and low-latency
communication to enable the scale-
up of intelligent industrial applications
including telemedicine and management
The International Telecommunication standards for mobile systems using 6G. of energy and power grids.
Union (ITU) has published the framework All the previous mobile telecommunication • Enhanced ubiquitous connectivity,
for the development of standards and generations - analogue cellular (1G), especially in rural, remote and sparsely
radio interface technologies for the digital cellular (2G), IMT 2000 (3G), IMT populated areas with the aim of bridging
sixth generation of mobile systems, Advanced (4G), and IMT 2020 (5G) - were the digital divide.
popularly referred to as 6G. The details also standardized through ITU. "Terrestrial • Massive communication to include
of the 6G framework are contained in wireless systems to be developed under expanded use of Internet of Things (IoT)
Recommendation ITU-R M.2160 on the IMT-2030 are expected to drive the next devices and applications in smart cities,
"IMT-2030 Framework" approved by the ITU wave of innovative radiocommunication intelligent transport systems and sectors
Radiocommunication Assembly (RA-23) systems, promote digital equity and such as health, agriculture, energy and
at its recent meeting in Dubai, United Arab advance universal connectivity," said environmental monitoring.
Emirates. ITU's Radiocommunication Sector Mario Maniewicz, Director of the ITU • Artificial intelligence (AI) and
(ITU-R) will now focus on defining technical Radiocommunication Bureau. "The communications to support AI-powered
requirements, the submission process, publication of the Recommendation applications.
and the evaluation criteria for potential on future 6G mobile technologies is a • Integrated multi-dimensional sensing to
6G radio interface technologies. "Mobile testament to ITU's longstanding multi- improve assisted navigation, and high-
communications are central to our efforts stakeholder approach which ensures precision positioning including object
to ensure that everyone is meaningfully the development of globally accepted and presence detection, localization,
connected," said Doreen Bogdan-Martin, technical and regulatory solutions." For the imaging and mapping.
ITU Secretary-General. “By agreeing on a next phase of 6G development, companies ITU's Radiocommunication Assembly, held
way forward on 6G, ITU Member States have and industry associations will submit between 13 and 17 November, also agreed
taken an important step toward ensuring proposals for the IMT-2030 Radio Interface on "IMT-2030" as the technical reference
that technical progress is synonymous Technology (RIT) for ITU-R consideration for the latest generation of International
with affordability, security, and resilience in early 2027. These submissions will Mobile Telecommunications and updated
— supporting sustainable development then be evaluated against the agreed the principles (Resolution ITU-R 65) for
and digital transformation everywhere. minimum requirements prepared by ITU's future development of IMT for 2030 and
“The ITU-R Recommendation represents expert group on IMT systems (ITU-R beyond.
significant progress in the development Working Party 5D), with the prospect
and implementation of globally accepted of getting a final set of 6G technology

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