Roundtable Report: Terahertz and 6G Wireless Communications in Science and Extreme Environments
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- University of Newfoundland (Canada)
- New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ (United States)
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
The main objective of the roundtable is to bring together computer scientists and wireless communications experts from industry, academia, and government to explore the electromagnetic spectrum in the Terahertz (THz) bands for ultra-high-speed short-distance wireless communications in extreme environments. This new generation of THz wireless communications is the key to future machine-to-machine communications critical for the mass deployment of an intelligent Internet of Things (IoT). The roundtable discussion explores THz and 6G wireless technologies along with Visible Light Communications (VLC), intelligent reflection surfaces, free-space quantum and optical communications, and nano communications. The roundtable considers the suitability of these technologies for extreme environments from the nanoscale to the mesoscale for the following: scientific facilities and associated instruments, as well as industry, and manufacturing. Such use cases are not traditionally the primary customer of commercial wireless networks which are focused on personal broadband voice and data communications. Finally, the discussion identifies high-level opportunities and challenges for leveraging THz and 6G wireless communications and related Artificial Intelligence (AI) that can catalyze the advancement of the development of hyperconnected smart scientific instruments and facilities.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC) (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)
- OSTI ID:
- 1838194
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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