The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) of the Ministry of Communication formed a task force under the Technology Innovation Group (TIG) on 6G (6th Generation) technology to explore technological innovations and various commercial uses.
- The task forces will enable research and development, manufacturing, prepare pre-standardisation and market readiness framework.
Highlights:
i.Under the 6G TIG, the Six task forces will provide research and development support in the form of inputs.
- Task force on Multi-Platform for Next Generation Networks – Bhaskar Ramamurthy, Director, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Chennai.
- Task force on Spectrum Policy – Abhay Karandikar, Director, IIT-Kanpur.
- Task force on Multi-Disciplinary Innovative Solutions and Devices – Bharadwaj Amrutur, Director, Indian Institute of Science (Iisc) Bangalore.
- Task force on Devices – Kiran Kumar Kuchi, Director, IIT-Hyderabad.
- Task Force Group for Financing Research And Development – Ashok Kumar Tiwari, Member (Technology), Digital Communications Commission (DCC)
- Task force on international standards – NG Subramaniam, chairman of the Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI).
ii.The task forces will target to contribute to the International Mobile Telecommunications Standard 2030 (IMT) in the development of 6G.
iii.In November 2021, the government formed a 22-member innovation group headed by K Rajaraman to create a vision for the 6G roadmap development in the country.
About 6G:
i.6G (sixth-generation wireless) is the successor to 5G cellular technology.
ii.It will be able to use higher frequencies than 5G networks and provide substantially higher capacity and much lower latency (delay).
ii.One of the goals of 6G internet will be to support one microsecond-latency communication (delay of one-microsecond in communication).
- This is 1,000 times faster – or 1/1000th the latency – than one millisecond throughput.
Significance:
i.The 6G technology market is expected to facilitate large improvements in imaging, presence technology and location awareness.
ii.6G’s higher frequencies will enable much faster sampling rates, in addition to providing significantly better throughput and higher data rates.
Ministry of Communication:
Union minister– Ashwini Vaishnaw (Odisha)
Minister of State– Devusinh Chauhan (Kheda, Gujarat)
