6G Internet of Things: From the Internet of Everything to the Intelligent Internet of Everything, opening up smart life, smart production and smart society

At the 6G Internet of Things Forum of the 4th China Mobile Technology Week held today, Ma Shuai, deputy director of the Institute of Internet of Things Technology and Applications of China Mobile Research Institute, said that mobile communications have been updated every ten years. At present, the ITU has clearly defined the vision and indicator system of 6G, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has taken the lead in allocating the 6GHz frequency band for 5G/6G systems. 6G research and development has entered an accelerated period. However, compared with 5G, 6G has more application scenarios, a wider range of technical fields, and more integrated elements, and will face more challenges.

Ma Shuai introduced that 6G has the characteristics of immersive performance, integrated elements, full coverage, and network platform. The 6G Internet of Things will build the development goal of intelligent connection of all things in the future. Through "full-area integration, mutual coordination, and on-demand combination", it will further construct three major application scenarios of smart life, smart production, and smart society, and realize the transformation of the network from communication services to information services.

At the perception level, facing the perception needs of all scenarios, all elements, multiple dimensions, and multiple granularities, the perception capabilities of 6G IoT will have the characteristics of high precision, miniaturization, integration, wireless, passive, intelligent, fully integrated, and ubiquitous. Among them, high precision, miniaturization, and integrated perception capabilities are the key foundation of 6G IoT; wireless, passive, and intelligent perception capabilities are important directions of 6G IoT; and fully integrated and ubiquitous perception capabilities are the inherent requirements of 6G IoT.

At the communication level, in response to the differentiated needs of various scenarios in the three major areas of life, production, and society, the 6G Internet of Things will achieve lower power consumption, lower cost, higher speed, higher reliability, higher certainty, higher security, easy deployment, and maintenance-free communication capabilities through the integration of different technologies and the combination of capabilities. Among them, multi-network integration and elastic expansion are the key to the 6G Internet of Things to achieve one network with multiple capabilities and data interoperability; high reliability, low latency, and certainty are the core of the 6G Internet of Things to achieve intelligent interaction; zero power consumption, low cost, and maintenance-free are the basis for the 6G Internet of Things to achieve ubiquitous connectivity.

In terms of computing power, the real-time data generated by IoT terminals and mobile terminals will explode in the future, and new AI scenarios will have strong demands for low-latency and low-power computing. The 6G IoT will continue to meet computing requirements such as high energy efficiency, low power consumption, high privacy protection, and low latency. Among them, the new computing architecture of "high energy efficiency and low power consumption" is the key to realizing the ubiquitous intelligence of the 6G IoT; the new integrated circuit technology of "low cost and strong computing power" is the core of realizing the intelligent connection of all things in the 6G IoT.

At the platform level, the 6G IoT platform will become the core infrastructure that gathers massive IoT data and carries various 6G IoT services. It will improve process management efficiency through digital twin data and models. Among them, high concurrency + big data provides the 6G IoT platform with extensive and reliable basic data capabilities; data + models provide the 6G IoT platform with application-oriented digital twin core capabilities.

In terms of intelligence, 6G IoT is expected to achieve interaction between 6G IoT devices and external intelligence through the integration of new technologies such as new computing paradigms, IoT knowledge graphs, and brain-like intelligence, and continue to learn and evolve in an open environment to continuously meet the personalized needs of users. Among them, the new computing paradigm is expected to achieve ubiquitous intelligence with low power consumption and high real-time enhancement, the knowledge graph is expected to achieve intelligent thinking, autonomous decision-making and intelligent collaboration of IoT devices, and brain-like intelligence is expected to meet the end-side reasoning and low power consumption requirements of 6G IoT application scenarios.

At the application level, in response to the demand for real-time interaction in various fields such as life, production, and society, the 6G Internet of Things will provide key application capabilities for real-time collaboration and human-computer interaction in various scenarios. Among them, real-time cloud control capabilities provide low-cost, diversified interactive services, and new human-computer interaction capabilities bring more realistic and flexible interactive experiences.

In terms of management, the characteristics of massive terminal access, complex heterogeneous networks, and differentiated services have put forward new requirements for management capabilities. Service-oriented global service quality assurance, resource-oriented global resource control and optimal configuration will become the core of 6G Internet of Things management. Among them, centralized and distributed coexistence and distributed autonomy are the data basis of 6G Internet of Things management, lightweight operation and maintenance, and endogenous intelligence are the algorithm core of 6G Internet of Things management, and intention perception and human-computer interaction are the service keys of 6G Internet of Things management.

In terms of security, the 6G IoT system integrates multiple functional levels, covers a wide range of applications, and faces diverse roles, which makes it have higher standards and more complex security requirements. Excellent network security is the foundation of the 6G IoT system. Among them, network security is the basic guarantee for the 6G IoT to achieve the intelligent connection of all things, and data security is an important prerequisite for the healthy development of the 6G IoT.

Ma Shuai said that the 6G Internet of Things has the characteristics of multi-dimensional perception, ubiquitous interconnection, endogenous capabilities, and full-area coverage. It will realize the connection of full-area data and the integrated application of all scenarios, and further realize the leap from the Internet of Everything to the Intelligent Internet of Everything, and help realize the 6G vision of "Digital Life, Ubiquitous Intelligence".