Democratizing Beyond5G/6G

In Japan, Commercial 5G service has started in the spring of 2020 while 5G telecommunication services have been already globally deployed and utilized. At the same time, in each country, a strategy aiming at 6G is already in progress, and in Japan, the direction of research and development is being discussed under the name beyond5G/6G. Also, several counties have allocated white space to private 5G usage, and open to non-telecommunication companies so that they can operate their own customized 5G networks. We posit that this democtratization trends will open a door to the innovations towards 6G.
In this presentation, introducing local 5G activities in Japan that have caught very much attention from industries together with our lab’s research activities around 5G and local 5G, we discuss an evolution path from private 5G to private 6G and then to public 6G.