Magnus Frodigh

Towards 6G- What’s needed in terms of software technology evolution?

Abstract

Today’s networks have formed an intelligent digital infrastructure offering endless possibilities to individuals, enterprises, and governments worldwide. The smartphone has become our primary internet device, and with the rollout of 5G the network platform will enable robust new solutions to a wide range of social, environmental, and economic challenges. Still, we are only at the beginning towards a next paradigm shift formed by a combination of emerging technology trends. That paradigm shift will take us to the 6G era, with firsts commercial availability around 2030.

This talk will outline our vision where 6G will enable a cyber-physical continuum blending the physical real world of sensing, action and experience with a programmable digital representation of that same world. We will be able to experience human sensory experiences conveyed digitally over distances, as “if we were there” physically. Intelligent machines (or AIs) will cooperate and interact in the digital world over real-world connections. The 6G network platform will provide intelligence and full synchronization in this cyber-physical continuum, enabled by limitless connectivity, network compute fabric, trustworthy systems and cognitive networks .

Clearly, software technology evolution is critical for such a future to materialize. What are the needed software enablers for this to happen?

Bio

Magnus Frodigh was research area director for network architecture and protocols at Ericsson Research from 2007 to 2018 with responsibility for driving long-term technology leadership research in the areas of network architecture and protocols comprising radio, transport and core networks, including network management. Dr Frodigh joined Ericsson in 1994 and has since held various key senior positions within research and development and product management, focusing on 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G technologies, and expanding collaborations between with both academia and industries. He holds 29 patents. Dr Frodigh was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1964. He holds a master of science degree from Linköping University of Technology, Sweden and earned his PhD in radio communication systems from Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. Dr Frodigh is adjunct professor at Royal Institute of Technology in Wireless Infrastructures since 2013.