National Laboratory of Wireless Communications
Transcript of National Laboratory of Wireless Communications
National Laboratory of
Wireless Communications
wilab.cnit.it
Roberto Verdone
Director
IoT in the 6G Era
Roberto Verdone
Two Questions 1) What will be the new IoT applications of the 6G era?
2) What will be the key enabling technologies?
Two Questions 1) What will be the new IoT applications of the 6G era?
2) What will be the key enabling technologies?
Things?
Two Questions 1) What will be the new IoT applications of the 6G era?
2) What will be the key enabling technologies?
Things?
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Two Questions 1) What will be the new IoT applications of the 6G era?
2) What will be the key enabling technologies?
Things?
vehicles
lamp posts
Industry machines
trees
home appliances
animals trains
boats
waste bins
buildings
drones
home keys
bycicles
Two Questions 1) What will be the new IoT applications of the 6G era?
2) What will be the key enabling technologies?
CNIT National Lab of Wireless Communications
Bologna Ferrara
Cesena
Emilia-Romagna
• University of Bologna
• University of Ferrara
• IEIIT/CNR
National Laboratory of
Wireless Communications
Joint Innovation Centre
“Smart IoT for 6G”
National Laboratory of
Wireless Communications
Joint Innovation Centre
“Smart IoT for 6G”
Industrial IoT
5G SON
National Laboratory of
Wireless Communications
Two Questions 1) What will be the new IoT applications of the 6G era?
2) What will be the key enabling technologies?
5G-ACIA: Industrial IoT (IIoT)
5G-ACIA: IIoT - Use Cases
• Moving and rotating parts of the machine
• Closed-loop control system
collector
External Controller
PLC
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sensors
actuators
cloud
big data
5G-ACIA: Motion Control
5G-ACIA: Motion Control - Requirements
• Monitoring of a production flow
• Difficult or hard-to-reach locations
5G-ACIA: Augmented Reality
5G-ACIA: Augmented Reality - Requirements
• Industrial IoT Machines
collector
External Controller
PLC
sensors
actuators
cloud
big data
First Question
• Industrial IoT
• Digital Twins Machines
First Question
• Industrial IoT
• Digital Twins Cars
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• Industrial IoT
• Digital Twins
• Car Augmented Sensing Cars
First Question
• Industrial IoT
• Digital Twins
• Car Augmented Sensing
• The Urban Sky Drones
First Question
Two Questions 1) What will be the new IoT applications of the 6G era?
2) What will be the key enabling technologies?
Things:
Industrial Machines
Cars
Drones
Two Questions 1) What will be the new IoT applications of the 6G era?
2) What will be the key enabling technologies?
Things:
Industrial Machines
Cars
Drones
Humanoids/Home Assistants/Cobots
Two Questions 1) What will be the new IoT applications of the 6G era?
2) What will be the key enabling technologies?
Things:
Industrial Machines
Cars
Drones
Humanoids
Two Questions 1) What will be the new IoT applications of the 6G era?
2) What will be the key enabling technologies?
time 2030
6G
2020
5G
human-to-human interaction
radio tv pc 1G www iphone
2007
1895
Marconi
physical-world-to-human interaction
1999
IoT
1939
RFid
5G as a Point of Convergence
One Size Does Not Fit All
time 2030
6G
2020
5G
2010
LPWA
1999
SR
Low Power
State-of-the-Art: IoT Protocols
time 2030
6G
2020
5G
2010
LPWA
1999
SR
Low Power
E* = 10-4 - 10-3 J
* Payload = 10 Bytes
State-of-the-Art: IoT Protocols
time 2030
6G
2020
5G
2010
LPWA
1999
SR
Low Power
E = 10-4 - 10-3 J
108 - 107 samples*
* Charge = 10,000 J
State-of-the-Art: IoT Protocols
time 2030
6G
2020
5G
2010
LPWA
1999
SR
Low Power
20 years*
* Frequency = 1 min-1
State-of-the-Art: IoT Protocols
time 2030
6G
2020
5G
2010
LPWA
1999
SR
Low Power
20 days*
* Frequency = 1 min-1
State-of-the-Art: IoT Protocols
6G IoT Requirements
6G IoT Requirements
B – Battery Duration
> 1 year B
6G IoT Requirements
T – Throughput
> 100 Gbit/s B
T
6G IoT Requirements
R – Reliability
Seven nines B
T R
6G IoT Requirements
L – Latency
< 0.5 ms B
T R
L
6G IoT Requirements
A – Localisation Accuracy
< 1 cm B
T R
L A
6G IoT Requirements
B
T R
L A
6G IoT Requirements
B
T R
L A
B
T R
L A
6G
6G IoT Requirements
B
T R
L A
THz Communications
6G
Second Question
Second Question
THz Communications
Thanks: C. Buratti, G. Cuozzo, WiLab
GW
R = 0,5 m
B = 100 GHz
Second Question
THz Communications
Thanks: C. Buratti, G. Cuozzo, WiLab
GW
R = 0,5 m
Propagation delays
B = 100 GHz
B
T R
L A
6G
THz Communications
Random Access
Second Question
B
T R
L A
6G
THz Communications
Random Access
NOMA w SIC
Second Question
Second Question
Random Access, NOMA and SIC
Thanks: E. Paolini, WiLab, with Huawei
Actual performance over PHY wireless channel
with MIMO channel estimation,
user activity detection, and non-ideal SIC
Theoretic performance with MIMO
over idealized channel, no SIC
Analytical upper bound
with MIMO
Number of active users
Thro
ughput
B
T R
L A
6G
THz Communications
Random Access
NOMA w SIC
Joint Comm. and Sensing
Second Question
Second Question
Joint Communication and Sensing
TX
Joint
waveform
Radar RX
Comm. RX User
User
Base Station
Thanks: A. Giorgetti, WiLab, with Huawei
AoA
estimation
Second Question
Joint Communication and Sensing
TX
Joint
waveform
Radar RX
Comm. RX User
User
Base Station
Thanks: A. Giorgetti, WiLab, with Huawei
Range and speed
estimation
B
T R
L A
6G
THz Communications
Random Access
NOMA w SIC
Joint Comm. and Sensing
Traffic/QoS Predictions
Second Question
Second Question
Traffic/QoS Predictions
Thanks: M. Skocaj, WiLab, with TIM
Second Question
Traffic/QoS Predictions
Thanks: M. Skocaj, WiLab, with TIM
B
T R
L A
6G
THz Communications
Random Access
NOMA w SIC
Joint Comm. and Sensing
Traffic Predictions
Second Question
Unmanned Aerial
Base
Stations
Second Question
Unmanned Aerial Base Stations
Thanks: C.Buratti, S. Mignardi, WiLab, with Huawei
Second Question
Unmanned Aerial Base Stations
Thanks: D. Ferretti, WiLab
30 drones
B
T R
L A
6G
THz Communications
Random Access
NOMA w SIC
Joint Comm. and Sensing
Traffic Predictions
Second Question
Intelligent
Surfaces
B
T R
L A
6G
THz Communications
Random Access
NOMA w SIC
Joint Comm. and Sensing
Traffic Predictions
Second Question
AI
Takeaways
One Size Does Not Fit All
Takeaways
One Size Does Not Fit All
Unscheduled MAC Strategies Needed
Takeaways
One Size Does Not Fit All
Unscheduled MAC Strategies Needed
The Network as a Sensor
Takeaways
One Size Does Not Fit All
Unscheduled MAC Strategies Needed
The Network as a Sensor
Flying Base Stations
One Open Question
Things
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One Open Question
Do they really need
to be connected to the Internet?
Things
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One Open Question
Do they really need
to be connected to the Internet?
Things
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users
Cloud
&
Big Data
One Open Question
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Cloud
&
Big Data
6G
One Open Question
Non-Public-Networks (NPN)
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Cloud
&
Big Data
6G
One Open Question In
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Cloud
&
Big Data
6G
From the Internet of Things (IoT)
To Non-Public-Networks of Things (NPNoT)
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Cloud
&
Big Data
6G