Societal Aspects and Key Values in 6G Networks
摘要
The underlying industry challenges in telecommunication industry are to understand the new business opportunities and to ensure companies are best placed to maximise their delivery of value to the B5G markets. 6G is expected to trigger a total rethink of network architecture design, which builds on the “key” idea of new stakeholders entering the value chain of future networks. 6G promotes a much more sustainable approach to architect future networks that encourages infrastructure sharing and collaboration among MNOs (Mobile Network Operators) via Network-Infrastructure-as-a-service (NIaaS) models. To facilitate research and experimentation at scale, SUNRISE-6G [1] adopts common tools as well as converged data collection and resource management APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), while sharing of experimentation data and interoperability is facilitated via the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). These are “reflected” as part of a coherent Experimentation Plane, offering multiple “as a service” functions to experimenters, accessible via a Tenant Web Portal. Apart from the technical challenges, it is important to highlight the societal insights and business considerations emerging from the 6G ecosystem. In this paper, we present the main use cases of SUNRISE-6G and propose a methodology for evaluating their societal and business aspects.