6G wireless
Researchmomentum 55408 papers in 3 months (+75% yearly)$1.0B raised in 12 months19 companies
The mobile network generation after 5G, designed to use AI in the radio, new spectrum and radios that can also sense their surroundings.
Why research: 3GPP finished its first 6G radio study in June 2026 and set the functional freeze of the first 6G specs for December 2028. Jun 10, 2026
Dots under a month: dated events tracked here that month.
25 events
About 6g wireless here
- Sub-areas
- Standards (IMT-2030, 3GPP Rel-20/21), AI-native RAN, Sub-THz and mmWave, Integrated sensing and communication, New spectrum and massive MIMO, Open and software RAN
- Stage evidence
- Research, Jun 10, 2026: 3GPP finished its first 6G radio study in June 2026 and set the functional freeze of the first 6G specs for December 2028. 3gpp.org
- Momentum
- 55 of 100: the mean of its ranks among the tracked fields for paper growth (100), funding in 12 months (31) and events in 90 days (34). Method
- Papers
- 4,081 in the 12 months ending two months ago, +75% against the 12 before (OpenAlex topics, journal and conference papers).
- Tracked here since
- Sep 25, 2026
Changes to this field
| Date | Change | ||
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| Sep 25, 2026 | 6G wirelessTechnology: Added | seed | 3gpp.org |