On September 14, LG officials announced the successful testing of wireless transmission and reception of 6G terahertz (THz) data in the 155 to 175 GHz frequency range, with outdoor distances up to 320 meters.
LG said the milestone, achieved on Sept. 7 at the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) in Berlin, Germany, represents a significant step toward commercializing 6G THz indoors and outdoors in urban areas, as the reference coverage of urban cellular base stations is about 250 meters outdoors. It also represents a significant leap forward from last August, when LG demonstrated that it could transmit 6G THz data at distances of up to 100 meters outdoors.
6G using ultra-wideband UWB frequencies has a relatively short range and experiences power loss from the transmission to reception. To address these issues, LG, Fraunhofer HHI and Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics (IAF) have jointly developed a power amplifier that increases transmission strength and a receive low-noise amplifier that improves the quality of the input signal.
With the success of our latest demonstration, we are one step closer to achieving 6G speeds of 1TB per second in both indoor and outdoor urban areas,” said Dr. Kim Byoung-hoon, LG’s chief technology officer and executive vice president, “LG will continue to work with research institutions and industry innovators to further strengthen its leadership in 6G technology. We expect 6G to be a key driver of future business and new user experiences.”
LG plans to unveil the full results of its latest 6G communications tests and present an overview of the technology’s development to date at the 6G Grand Summit in Seoul on Sept. 23.
Discussions on standardization of 6G networks are expected to begin around 2025, with the commercialization of the technology scheduled to begin in 2029. 6G will offer faster data transfer speeds, lower latency and higher reliability than 5G wireless networks.
