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Road to 6G: IMT-2030 & the First 6G Specifications

6G as it actually stands, not as it is pitched — the targets ITU-R set, what the 3GPP studies have genuinely agreed, where the spectrum question really sits, and one ruler that tells you which rung any 6G claim is standing on.

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27 lessons≈3.5h of video6 modulesEarns TELCOMA 6G Readiness Specialist

What you'll learn

  • Install the status ruler and the four frames every later claim is measured against — and put the demand question on the table on day one.
  • Read the ITU-R framework exactly — the six jobs, which capabilities carry numbers, what those numbers are and are not, and how a candidate radio is judged against them.
  • State precisely what the 6G radio study has agreed, in the study's own vocabulary, and hold the trade-offs behind the parts still being decided.
  • Read any 6G spectrum claim exactly — which stretch of dial, which of three overlapping names, which regulatory verb, and which region it is true in.
  • Separate what is frozen from what is being studied on the two abilities 6G is most often sold on — and give "AI-native" a definition that can actually be tested.
  • Leave the learner able to track 6G without a press release, place any claim on the ladder, and state the demand case fairly in either direction.

Module 1 — From 5G-Advanced to 6G: the bridge

4 lessons · ≈32 min

Install the status ruler and the four frames every later claim is measured against — and put the demand question on the table on day one.

  1. 1
    Study item, work item, specification: one ruler for every 6G claimWatch free
    8:59
  2. 2
    Rel-18 and Rel-19: the 5G-Advanced ground 6G starts fromFree with an account
    7:21
  3. 3
    CP-OFDM, DFT-s-OFDM and LDPC: the frames 6G reusesFree with an account
    7:04
  4. 4
    ITU-R and 3GPP: who sets targets, who builds radiosFree with an account
    8:41

Module 2 — IMT-2030: the targets ITU-R set

5 lessons · ≈36 min

Read the ITU-R framework exactly — the six jobs, which capabilities carry numbers, what those numbers are and are not, and how a candidate radio is judged against them.

  1. 1
    IMT-2030's six usage scenarios — the hexagon, re-enteredRequires subscription
    7:29
  2. 2
    Fifteen axes, nine figures: the capabilities under the hexagonRequires subscription
    7:15
  3. 3
    Targets, not requirements: how the framework reads its own numbersRequires subscription
    6:49
  4. 4
    How a radio becomes 6G: submitted, evaluated, acceptedRequires subscription
    6:56
  5. 5
    The layer above the corners: IMT-2030's overarching aspectsRequires subscription
    7:21

Module 3 — The 6G radio: what the studies have agreed

5 lessons · ≈38 min

State precisely what the 6G radio study has agreed, in the study's own vocabulary, and hold the trade-offs behind the parts still being decided.

  1. 1
    The study's scope, and its agreed namesRequires subscription
    6:49
  2. 2
    What the study kept, and changed: the waveform argumentRequires subscription
    7:08
  3. 3
    6G channel bandwidth: the width questionRequires subscription
    7:20
  4. 4
    6G beside 5G: standalone, one shared carrier, and a device that movesRequires subscription
    8:00
  5. 5
    The split, and the interface to the core: a trade-off that outlives its decisionRequires subscription
    8:14

Module 4 — Spectrum for 6G: identified, studied, or neither

5 lessons · ≈39 min

Read any 6G spectrum claim exactly — which stretch of dial, which of three overlapping names, which regulatory verb, and which region it is true in.

  1. 1
    The 6G study's evaluation bands — the dial, re-enteredRequires subscription
    7:21
  2. 2
    Three names, one stretch of dialRequires subscription
    7:31
  3. 3
    Studied, not yet identified: two bands, and only one you can plan onRequires subscription
    7:41
  4. 4
    Sub-terahertz, and what was actually saidRequires subscription
    8:04
  5. 5
    Reading a spectrum claim: identified, allocated, licensed, deployedRequires subscription
    8:20

Module 5 — Sensing and intelligence: the two new abilities

4 lessons · ≈31 min

Separate what is frozen from what is being studied on the two abilities 6G is most often sold on — and give "AI-native" a definition that can actually be tested.

  1. 1
    Sensing runs on two tracksRequires subscription
    7:52
  2. 2
    It already arrived: AI hooks in a release vendors are building toRequires subscription
    7:33
  3. 3
    Where AI is actually central — structural, optional, and how far either has gotRequires subscription
    7:48
  4. 4
    "AI-native": four objects behind one wordRequires subscription
    7:58

Module 6 — Reading the release train: what to track, what to say

4 lessons · ≈35 min

Leave the learner able to track 6G without a press release, place any claim on the ladder, and state the demand case fairly in either direction.

  1. 1
    WP 5D and 3GPP TSG: the outputs worth trackingRequires subscription
    8:39
  2. 2
    Contribution, working group, plenary: how a decision landsRequires subscription
    8:34
  3. 3
    Lab, pilot, announced, shipping: placing a 6G claimRequires subscription
    8:56
  4. 4
    The 6G demand case: what the skeptics get rightRequires subscription
    9:06

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