5G to 6G: Applications and Enabling Technologies, Sharing Some Singapore’s Research Activities and Initiatives
Dr. Sumei Sun from the Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore is
giving a talk entitled
5G to 6G: Applications and Enabling Technologies, Sharing Some
Singapore’s Research Activities and Initiatives
Abstract
The fifth generation (5G) network, promising to provide
enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), mission-critical internet of things
(IoT), and massive IoT, aims to be the digital transformation enabler in
all industry sectors. While 5G is being deployed, it is timely and
important to look at the unaddressed gaps from 5G, and start developing
6G technologies to bridge the gaps. In this talk, we will start with a
brief review on the 5G vision. We then share a few strategic 5G vertical
clusters in Singapore, analyze some of the unaddressed gaps from 5G, and
discuss the driving needs for 6G technologies. As examples, we will
discuss the need for massive ultra-reliability low-latency
communications (M-URLLC), intelligent and integrated aggregation of
licensed and unlicensed spectrums, joint sensing and communication
(JSAC), and software-defined artificial intelligence-supported
re-configurability in system, network, and radio environment. Some early
results will also be shared.
Biography
Sumei Sun (F’16) is a Principal Scientist, Acting Deputy
Executive Director (Research), and Head of the Communications and
Networks Dept at the Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), Singapore.
She is also holding a joint appointment with the Singapore Institute of
Technology as a full professor and Head of the Future Communications
Translation Laboratory(FCTLab), funded by the National Research
Foundation and Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) of Singapore.
Her current research interests are in next-generation wireless
communications, joint sensing-communication-computing-control design,
and industrial internet of things. She is the Chairperson of the Special
5G Strategy Task Force under the Telecommunications Standards Advisory
Committee (TSAC) of Infocomm Media Development Board (IMDA), Singapore
since April 2021. She’s also the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Open Journal of
Vehicular Technology, a Distinguished Speaker of the IEEE Vehicular
Technology Society 2018-2024, a member at large (MAL) with the IEEE
Communications Society (2021-2023), and a member of the IEEE Vehicular
Technology Society Board of Governors (2022-2024).