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While the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) already identified in the framework and overall objectives of the future development of the International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) for 2030 and beyond and multiple research works have been conducted at different fora in 6G-related topics such as terahertz communications, integrated sensing and communications (ISAC), extreme multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), or AI-based autonomous systems, all these aspects should eventually culminate in the production of a set of standards that will specify how the future 6G system will be.
Initial 6G standards to be produced by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) are expected to be ready by the end of this decade, paving the way for the first 6G deployments in the early 2030s. To fulfill these expectations, a huge amount of work lies ahead for the following years. In this respect, there have recently been some initiatives at 3GPP and other standardization organizations aimed at composing initial visions of how 6G should look.
This column intends to summarize some of these recent initiatives. Similarly, this column also collects some of the announcements made by different stakeholders in relation to technological achievements of fifth-generation (5G) and beyond technologies.
Full Article: IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, Volume 20, Number 3, September 2025
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