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ETSI Launches a New Group on Terahertz, a Candidate Technology For 6G

On 8 December the newly launched ETSI ISG THz, which already comprises 31 baseline for THz technology fundamentals,
Industry Specification Group on Terahertz participating companies, aims to define including antenna assumptions, simulation
(ISG THz) held its kick-off meeting and the target scenarios and the concrete assumptions, and deployment strategies.
decided on work priorities for this candidate frequency bands of interest on THz Several European and international
technology for 6G. “ISG THz provides an communications. Of major interest to initiatives promoting 6G research and
opportunity for ETSI members to coordinate the members of ISG THz will be the development activities anticipate that THz
their pre-standards research efforts on analysis of specific radio propagation communications will be included in the
THz technology across various European aspects for THz communications, such next generation of cellular networks. The
collaborative projects, extended with as molecular absorption; effect of micro- ETSI group will therefore support the future
relevant global initiatives, a move towards mobility; specific considerations for 3GPP standardization work. To a certain
paving the way for future standardization scattering, reflections, and diffractions; and extent, THz communication has similarities
of the technology,” outlines Thomas Kürner, considerations for near-field propagation. and shared challenges with millimeter
Chair of ISG THz. The ETSI group will initially As a starting point the group will analyze wave technology. Due to the need line-of-
focus on two categories of use cases. The data from the numerous research efforts sight or at least obstructed line-of-sight to
first one will include mobile applications providing early measurement campaigns make use of one reflection or scattering
with high data rate requirements, such as that has been published in relevant process, Reconfigurable Intelligent
virtual and augmented reality, applications literature. To complement this work and Surfaces (RIS) are seen as an enabler for
for in-flight and in-train entertainment, and fill the gap of missing data, it is expected THz communications. This will provide
vehicular and satellite communications. that the members of ISG THz will perform ample opportunities for collaboration and
The second category includes applications channel measurements for the selected joint undertakings with two other groups in
requiring both communication and scenarios and frequency bands. This ETSI, one working on millimeter wave (ISG
sensing functionalities, such as will enable the group to develop channel mWT) and the other on Reconfigurable
holographic telepresence, and interactive models for the selected scenarios and Intelligent Surfaces (ISG RIS).
and cooperative robotics. The ETSI frequency bands and finally establish a

Altice France Showcases Network Slicing on 5G SA Network

Altice France (SFR) has successfully trial was completed in real conditions at several sub-networks called slices. Altice
implemented what it describes as the Altice Campus in Paris. Altice said that the France claims to currently cover more than
first use case of network slicing on its 5G 5G SA relies on a fully 5G core network, 6,600 municipalities (nearly 60% of the
Standalone (SA) network in France. The with capability to allocate resources over French population) with 5G.

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