5G to 6G Forum
Innovations, Challenges, and Roadmap – An Electronics Perspective
Thursday 21st September 2023
08:45 – 18:20
Room: Alpha 5
Chair: Norman Franchi (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany)
Co-Chair: Robert Weigel (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany), Andreas Müller (Bosch, Germany)
The 5G to 6G Forum will be held on September 21, 2023, and it is a one-day international industry forum that deep dives into the main important research and development trends that will permit the evolution of services from 5G to 6G with a clear focus on the radio frequency technologies that will enable the use of, e.g., the FR3, millimeter-wave, and sub-THz bands. The Forum consists of a full-day session with invited speakers from industry, operators, vendors, academia, and the 6G Platform Germany.
The forum will specifically focus on electronics-relevant technologies (e.g., analog and digital chip design, RF technology, semiconductor technology, antennas, embedded systems, packaging, test systems, etc.) and will thus address the question “What do 5G/6G and the transition from 5G to 6G mean at the hardware/electronics level?”. The focus covers also aspects and technologies related to the integration of communications and sensing as well as aspects to improve coverage and performance of millimeter-wave and sub-THz networks. The presence of leading operators and 5G leading vendors together with academia will permit setting the scene in terms of requirements, long-term vision, and most important research trends.
Programme
08:45 – 09:00 | Welcome by the Chairmen Norman Franchi, Robert Weigel, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | Andreas Müller, Robert Bosch |
09:00 – 09:30 | Metaverse Ready Networks and Path to 6G Volker Ziegler, Senior Technology Advisor, Nokia |
09:30 – 09:45 | MOCZ: A Novel Waveform for ISAC Philipp Walk, CEO, MOXZ |
09:45 – 10:15 | Secure 6G Campus Networks with Integrated Sensing Ivan Tsvelykh, Lead Principal Engineer, Infineon Technologies |
10:15 – 10:40 | Towards 6G: Greener MIMO Through Improved Efficiency Wim Rouwet, Senior Principal Engineer, Systems and Architecture, Secure Connected Edge, NXP Semiconductors |
10:40 – 11:20 | Coffee Break |
11:20 – 11:45 | Open6GHub Germany – An Open Hardware Testbed for 6G Addressing Sub-6 GHz to THz Spectrum Thomas Zwick, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Norman Franchi, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg |
11:45 – 12:15 | Millimeter-Wave and sub-THz Technology and Research Trends for 5G and 6G Applications Renato Lombardi, President of Huawei Italy Research Center, VP of Microwave Product Line, Huawei Technologies |
12:15 – 12:30 | RF-Frontends: Array and MMIC Design for 5G and 6G Ulrich Lewark, Team Leader, IMST |
12:30 – 13:00 | 6G – Connecting a Cyber-Physical World Jonas Hansryd, Head of HW Transport Systems, Ericsson |
13:00 – 14:20 | Interactive Lunch (Free lunch boxes) |
14:20 – 14:40 | 6G-RIC – Energy-Efficiency 6G Transceiver Architectures, Building Blocks, and Hybrid Integration Concepts at D-Band and 300 GHz Friedel Gerfers, Technical University of Berlin |
14:40 – 14:55 | Microwave Photonics for 6G Wireless Andreas Stöhr, Founder and CEO, Microwave Photonics |
14:55 – 15:10 | The Start-Up Way from University to Industry for Future Wireless Communications and RADAR Systems Benedict Scheiner, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Sykno |
15:10 – 15:45 | Towards 6G: The T&M Perspective from THz Communications to RIS Taro Eichler, Technology Manager, Rohde & Schwarz |
15:45 – 16:00 | Enhancing Silicon Photonics Through Engineered Organic Materials Adrian Mertens, CEO, SilOriX |
16:00 – 16:40 | Coffee Break |
16:40 – 17:10 | Enabler of New Features for Cooperative Perception Soheil Gherekhloo, Robert Bosch GmbH |
17:10 – 17:25 | Next Generation Data Converters for 5/6G Communications & Radar Platforms Marcel Runge, Co-Founder & Managing Director, IC4X |
17:25 – 18:00 | Private 5G Networks in the Industry – Implications for the Future Daniel Mai, Director of Industrial Wireless Communication, Siemens AG |
18:00 – 18:20 | Conclusions and Closing Norman Franchi, Chairman, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg |
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