About the Course: Roughly every 10 years, a new generation of mobile wireless technology emerges to upgrade and enhance the current system, while also addressing existing challenges and issues.
2G was primarily designed for voice and SMS, while 3G introduced faster internet. 4G improved speeds significantly, transforming mobile networks into true broadband systems, while also addressing power consumption issues in devices. 5G further increased speeds, rivalling wired broadband in many countries, and became the first mobile wireless technology to focus on industrial IoT, private networks, reducing latency, and improving reliability—enabling groundbreaking use cases that were previously impossible.
5G is also one of the fastest-adopted mobile wireless technologies. By the end of 2020, more than 400 operators across 130+ countries were investing in 5G. As 5G moves from vision to reality, researchers, governments, and industry leaders are now turning their attention to what comes next: 6G.
Although 6G is still years away, with rollouts expected around 2030, it will build on the foundations laid by 5G, aiming to provide further enhancements and address new challenges.
In this course, we will explore the 6G vision, the roadmap for its development, the technologies being considered, and the potential use cases and applications for 6G.
