IIT Delhi to host Indo-US Workshop on 6G Technologies

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, department of Electrical Engineering along with the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) is set to conduct an international workshop titled ‘Indo-US Workshop on 6G Technologies.’ The two-day workshop will be held on December 9 and 10 at the Research and Innovation Park at the IIT Delhi campus.

The main aim of the IIT Delhi international workshop is to assess the current status of 6G development in India, discuss the country’s 6G goals in terms of use cases to be addressed, technologies required to be developed, IPR and prototype, testbed creation, manufacturing of equipment, devices, prototypes, and development of skilled manpower.

The international workshop will also recommend strategies to achieve these goals and how the Indo-US collaboration can help.

Also read 12.6% of IIT Delhi students chose diverse career options over campus placements: Exit survey

IIT Delhi: Indo-US Workshop on 6G Technologies

According to the IIT Delhi statement, the workshop includes panel discussions and talks by telecom stakeholders from India and the US, along with academicians, representatives from govt and standardization bodies, telecom operators, and equipment manufacturers.

The workshop is sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, govt of India; the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, govt of India; Tejas Networks; Qualcomm India Private Limited; and IEEE Communication Society (Delhi chapter).

Speaking about the workshop, Shankar Prakriya the head of department of Electrical Engineering and telecommunication researcher at IIT Delhi said: “The workshop is a unique opportunity for students, researchers, and engineers to get a firsthand understanding of 6G. It is very timely given that 6G research is already underway, and standardization is expected to start next year.”

The workshop coordinator, Saif Khan Mohammed from the department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Delhi said: “Sixth generation (6G) communication systems are expected to enable new use cases such as ubiquitous connectivity (e.g., through non-terrestrial networks), industry automation, autonomous driving, and tactile internet/mobile robots. New use cases bring their own issues of reliability, efficiency, security, and sustainability. An objective of this workshop is to understand the technology enablers for these new use cases and how India can lead the innovation of new technologies.”