The Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi, and the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) at IIT Delhi are organizing a two-day international workshop titled “Indo-US Workshop on 6G Technologies” on December 9 and 10 at the Research and Innovation Park, IIT Delhi campus.
The main objective of the workshop is to (i) assess the current status of 6G development in India, (ii) discuss India’s 6G goals in terms of use cases to be addressed, technologies to be developed, IPR and prototype/testbed creation, manufacturing of equipment/devices/prototypes, and development of skilled manpower, and (iii) recommend strategies for achieving these goals and how Indo-US collaboration could help.
The workshop will feature panel discussions and talks by telecom stakeholders from India and the US, including eminent academicians, representatives from government and standardization bodies, telecom operators, and equipment manufacturers.
Speaking about the workshop, Prof Shankar Prakriya, Head, Dept of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi, who is a telecommunication researcher, 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, Prof Saif Khan Mohammed, Dept of Electrical Engineering, 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.”
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).