AR / VR, holographic communication, metauniverse, autopilot, twin factory… These seemingly distant applications will land in the 6G era and will be further upgraded and expanded.
On March 23, at the global 6G Technology Conference – 6G network architecture and key technology round table forum co sponsored by the future mobile communication forum and Zijinshan laboratory, Tang Xiongyan, vice president and chief scientist of China United Network Communications Limited(600050) Research Institute, proposed that the emerging application scenarios of 6G put forward new requirements for network capabilities such as computing power measurement, sensing capability, intelligent service and security capability, and network architecture innovation is the key to improve network capabilities.
Tang Xiongyan said that Moore’s law, which promotes the development of ICT industry, has encountered a bottleneck, and Shannon’s limit is approaching. There has been no revolutionary breakthrough in ICT basic science and materials. Network architecture innovation has become the key to solving technical challenges and promoting the sustainable development of information and communication industry. The main innovations of 5g era network are reflected in the architecture innovation of core network SBA architecture, wireless access network Cu / Du separation architecture, mmimo multi antenna architecture and so on. At present, when there is no revolutionary breakthrough in wireless transmission technology, network architecture will still be the key to 6G innovation.
At the same time, the IT of communication network and the deep integration of technical system have become an obvious trend. SDN / nfv promotes the transformation of communication network from IP to it. 5g network realizes the comprehensive transformation of cloud and the deep integration of it and CT. The new generation of IT technology ABCDE (Al + blockchain + cloud + bigdat + + edgecomputing) is integrating with communication network technology, and computing and intelligence will become the endogenous capabilities of the network. At the same time, more “convergence” is taking place: cloud network convergence; Solid migration fusion; Integration of heaven and earth; Synaesthesia; IT+CT+OT……
In this trend, in March 2021, China United Network Communications Limited(600050) released cube-net3 0 network innovation system and start the transformation of a new generation of digital infrastructure of communication network.
It is understood that this system develops new connections enhanced by CT technology around flexible broadband, ubiquitous connection and deterministic connection; Improve the new ability of it based on cloud based, intelligent based and chain based; Establish a new low-carbon, open and safe technology integration system.
For the improvement of network computing power, Tang Xiongyan said that with the development of MEC and AI, computing power has been everywhere. The network needs to provide more intelligent services for the efficient collaboration of cloud, edge and end computing power. Computing and network will be deeply integrated and further realize on-line computing. 6G oriented computing network will also realize the deep integration of “connection + perception + computing + intelligence”.
