Published December 8, 2022 | Version v1
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Positioning and Sensing in 6G: Gaps, Challenges, and Opportunities

  • 1. Ericsson research, Sweden
  • 2. Ericsson Research, India
  • 3. Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
  • 4. Nokia Bell Labs, Finland
  • 5. Siemens' corporate research unit in Munich, Germany
  • 6. Qamcom Research & Technology, Sweden

Description

Among the key differentiators of 6G compared to 5G will be the increased emphasis on radio based positioning and sensing. These will be utilized not only for conventional location-aware services and for enhancing communication performance, but also to support new use case families with extreme performance requirements. This paper presents a unified vision from stakeholders across the value chain in terms of both opportunities and challenges for 6G positioning and sensing, as well as use cases, performance requirements, and gap analysis. Combined, this motivates the technical advances in 6G and guides system design.

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[2022] Positioning_and_Sensing_in_6G__Gaps__Challenges__and_Opportunities.pdf

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Funding

European Commission
Hexa-X – A flagship for B5G/6G vision and intelligent fabric of technology enablers connecting human, physical, and digital worlds 101015956