The volume of data exchanged every moment wirelessly via radio frequencies is constantly increasing and it is clear that the associated speed and latency requirements are beyond current 5G technology.
In wireless data transmission, each bit of data is encoded on a carrier frequency. To achieve higher data rates, higher carrier frequencies must be used. In fact, with each new generation of wireless communication technology, the frequency range has shifted further towards higher frequency bands (see the figure below).
The standards for the next generation which is already referred to as '6G' have not yet been set and the technological limitations for higher data rates are manifold: moving to a higher frequency band poses serious problems in terms of signal quality, power consumption and production costs and makes this solution unaffordable with today's technology.
FirstTo6G is an ambitious European research project to develop the world’s first 6G transmitter and receiver (transceiver) microchip technology, that meets all the requirements to be widely adopted: extremely wide modulation bandwidth at high signal quality, high energy efficiency, and low cost.
Read on to find out more about our project and discover the technology we are developing and the project partners that make up our research consortium. As the project progresses, you will also find results and communication activities related to FirstTo6G, as well as all news in relation to our project.
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