Paul represents VIAVI in 3GPP at both the working group and plenary levels. He’ll deliver an overview of the 6G progress in 3GPP, summarising recent workshop discussions and the overall direction of travel.

6G represents an opportunity to revisit the foundations of radio system design, free from the constraints of backward compatibility, and thus focusing on a transformative leap in capability, efficiency, and simplicity. As the 6G standardization activities commence within 3GPP, several defining characteristics of 6G technology are beginning to take shape. This presentation aims to explore and highlight the main directions in which 6G standardization is headed. 

This presentation aims to highlight the challenges and opportunities in future 6G networks. 6G represents the next-generation wireless platform poised for the year 2030 and beyond, and it is anticipated to be substantially faster, more efficient, and more dependable than its predecessor. Therefore, it is important to understand what the candidate technologies and their potential applications are.

Moray brings 35 years’ experience of ETSI and 3GPP standardization and looks back at what worked and what didn't. He has a provocative take on the simple steps the industry could take that would make a real difference to the future of real users - without the need to create 6G standards to solve the wrong problems.