Six things you need to know about 6G

The pace of change in telecommunications is increasing every year. A case in point is the rapid research and development of 6G technologies when 5G has not even been fully implemented across Australia. But UNSW expert, Dr. Shaghik Atakaramians, says progress is vital as people and businesses become ever more dependent on fast and reliable transfer of data. "In the next 10 years, we can expect massive changes and new technologies coming into our lives which will require more and more connectivity at higher speeds as we transfer more and more data," says the Senior Lecturer in the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications. "We can imagine completely autonomous systems; or multi-sensory extended reality which integrates the five traditional human senses with the digital world; or real-time remote telesurgery; or complete virtual shopping malls. "These sound like something out of science fiction, but they are potentially possible with 6G technology whereas they could not be feasible using current 5G standards.