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, volume 64 , issue 1 , publication number 110301

Towards 6G wireless communication networks: vision, enabling technologies, and new paradigm shifts

Xiaohu You ^{1, 2}

Cheng-Xiang Wang ^{1, 2}

Jie Huang ^{1, 2}

Xiqi Gao ^{1, 2}

Zaichen Zhang ^{1, 2}

Mao Wang ^{1, 2}

Yongming Huang ^{1, 2}

Chuan Zhang ^{1, 2}

Yanxiang Jiang ^{1, 2}

Jiaheng Wang ^{1, 2}

Min Zhu ^{1, 2}

BIN SHENG ^{1, 2}

Dongming Wang ^{1, 2}

Zhiwen Pan ^{1, 2}

Pengcheng Zhu ^{1, 2}

Yang Yang ^{3, 4}

Zening Liu ²

Ping Zhang ⁵

Xiaofeng Tao ⁶

Shaoqian Li ⁷

Zhi Chen ⁷

Xinying Ma ⁷

Chih-Lin I ⁸

Shuangfeng Han ⁸

Ke Li ⁸

Chengkang Pan ⁸

Zhimin Zheng ⁸

Lajos Hanzo ⁹

Xuemin (Sherman) Shen ¹⁰

Yingjie Jay Guo ¹¹

Zhiguo Ding ¹²

Harald Haas ¹³

TONG WEN ¹⁴

Peiying Zhu ¹⁴

GANGHUA YANG ¹⁵

Jun Wang ¹⁶

Erik G Larsson ¹⁷

Hien Quoc Ngo ¹⁸

Wei Hong ^{2, 19}

Haiming Wang ^{2, 19}

Debin Hou ^{2, 19}

Jixin Chen ^{2, 19}

Zhe Chen ^{2, 19}

Zhangcheng Hao ^{2, 19}

Geoffrey Ye Li ²⁰

Rahim Tafazolli ²¹

Yue Gao ²¹

H. VINCENT POOR ²²

Gerhard P. Fettweis ²³

Ying Chang Liang ²⁴

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National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China |

Purple Mountain Laboratories, Nanjing, China |

Shanghai Institute of Fog Computing Technology (SHIFT), ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China |

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Research Center for Network Communication, Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, China |

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State key laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China |

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National Engineering Laboratory for Mobile Network Technologies, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China |

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National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Communications, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China |

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China mobile research institute, Beijing, China |

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School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK |

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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada |

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Global Big Data Technologies Centre (GBDTC), University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia |

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School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK |

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LiFi Research and Development Centre, Institute for Digital Communications, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK |

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Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd., Ottawa, Canada |

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Huawei Technologies, Shanghai, China |

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Huawei Technologies, Hangzhou, China |

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Department of Electrical Engineering (ISY), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden |

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Institute of Electronics, Communications & Information Technology (ECIT), Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK |

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State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, School of information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China |

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School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA |

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5G Innovation Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK |

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Princeton University, Princeton, USA |

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Center for Intelligent Networking and Communications (CINC), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China |

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Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications Systems, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2020-11-24

Science in China Press

Science China Information Sciences

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SJR: 1.479

CiteScore: 12.6

Impact factor: 7.6

ISSN: 1674733X, 18691919

DOI: 10.1007/s11432-020-2955-6

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Abstract

The fifth generation (5G) wireless communication networks are being deployed worldwide from 2020 and more capabilities are in the process of being standardized, such as mass connectivity, ultra-reliability, and guaranteed low latency. However, 5G will not meet all requirements of the future in 2030 and beyond, and sixth generation (6G) wireless communication networks are expected to provide global coverage, enhanced spectral/energy/cost efficiency, better intelligence level and security, etc. To meet these requirements, 6G networks will rely on new enabling technologies, i.e., air interface and transmission technologies and novel network architecture, such as waveform design, multiple access, channel coding schemes, multi-antenna technologies, network slicing, cell-free architecture, and cloud/fog/edge computing. Our vision on 6G is that it will have four new paradigm shifts. First, to satisfy the requirement of global coverage, 6G will not be limited to terrestrial communication networks, which will need to be complemented with non-terrestrial networks such as satellite and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communication networks, thus achieving a space-air-ground-sea integrated communication network. Second, all spectra will be fully explored to further increase data rates and connection density, including the sub-6 GHz, millimeter wave (mmWave), terahertz (THz), and optical frequency bands. Third, facing the big datasets generated by the use of extremely heterogeneous networks, diverse communication scenarios, large numbers of antennas, wide bandwidths, and new service requirements, 6G networks will enable a new range of smart applications with the aid of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data technologies. Fourth, network security will have to be strengthened when developing 6G networks. This article provides a comprehensive survey of recent advances and future trends in these four aspects. Clearly, 6G with additional technical requirements beyond those of 5G will enable faster and further communications to the extent that the boundary between physical and cyber worlds disappears.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1007/s11432-020-2955-6

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TI - Towards 6G wireless communication networks: vision, enabling technologies, and new paradigm shifts

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AU - You, Xiaohu

AU - Wang, Cheng-Xiang

AU - Huang, Jie

AU - Gao, Xiqi

AU - Zhang, Zaichen

AU - Wang, Mao

AU - Huang, Yongming

AU - Zhang, Chuan

AU - Jiang, Yanxiang

AU - Wang, Jiaheng

AU - Zhu, Min

AU - SHENG, BIN

AU - Wang, Dongming

AU - Pan, Zhiwen

AU - Zhu, Pengcheng

AU - Yang, Yang

AU - Liu, Zening

AU - Zhang, Ping

AU - Tao, Xiaofeng

AU - Li, Shaoqian

AU - Chen, Zhi

AU - Ma, Xinying

AU - I, Chih-Lin

AU - Han, Shuangfeng

AU - Li, Ke

AU - Pan, Chengkang

AU - Zheng, Zhimin

AU - Hanzo, Lajos

AU - Shen, Xuemin (Sherman)

AU - Guo, Yingjie Jay

AU - Ding, Zhiguo

AU - Haas, Harald

AU - WEN, TONG

AU - Zhu, Peiying

AU - YANG, GANGHUA

AU - Wang, Jun

AU - Larsson, Erik G

AU - Ngo, Hien Quoc

AU - Hong, Wei

AU - Wang, Haiming

AU - Hou, Debin

AU - Chen, Jixin

AU - Chen, Zhe

AU - Hao, Zhangcheng

AU - Li, Geoffrey Ye

AU - Tafazolli, Rahim

AU - Gao, Yue

AU - POOR, H. VINCENT

AU - Fettweis, Gerhard P.

AU - Liang, Ying Chang

PY - 2020

DA - 2020/11/24

PB - Science in China Press

IS - 1

VL - 64

SN - 1674-733X

SN - 1869-1919

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@article{2020_You,

author = {Xiaohu You and Cheng-Xiang Wang and Jie Huang and Xiqi Gao and Zaichen Zhang and Mao Wang and Yongming Huang and Chuan Zhang and Yanxiang Jiang and Jiaheng Wang and Min Zhu and BIN SHENG and Dongming Wang and Zhiwen Pan and Pengcheng Zhu and Yang Yang and Zening Liu and Ping Zhang and Xiaofeng Tao and Shaoqian Li and Zhi Chen and Xinying Ma and Chih-Lin I and Shuangfeng Han and Ke Li and Chengkang Pan and Zhimin Zheng and Lajos Hanzo and Xuemin (Sherman) Shen and Yingjie Jay Guo and Zhiguo Ding and Harald Haas and TONG WEN and Peiying Zhu and GANGHUA YANG and Jun Wang and Erik G Larsson and Hien Quoc Ngo and Wei Hong and Haiming Wang and Debin Hou and Jixin Chen and Zhe Chen and Zhangcheng Hao and Geoffrey Ye Li and Rahim Tafazolli and Yue Gao and H. VINCENT POOR and Gerhard P. Fettweis and Ying Chang Liang and others},

title = {Towards 6G wireless communication networks: vision, enabling technologies, and new paradigm shifts},

journal = {Science China Information Sciences},

year = {2020},

volume = {64},

publisher = {Science in China Press},

month = {nov},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-020-2955-6},

number = {1},

pages = {110301},

doi = {10.1007/s11432-020-2955-6}

}

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