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Mr. Rajesh Kumar Pathak

Director General, Bharat 6G Alliance

Session 8: Global Alliances- Promoting Collaboration and Cooperation

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BACKGROUND

  • Telecom- sunrise sector with 7% contribution to India’s GDP & governed through the Telecommunication Act 2023
  • Telecom equipment production under PLI scheme >INR 55,000 cr and Exports > INR 10,500 cr
  • Robust domestic consumption (32% CAGR), with headroom for overall electronics growth
  • Employment (4 Million direct and indirect jobs)
  • Sector growing at 14-16% CAGR in the last ten years
  • 2nd largest telecommunications market with >1.2 billion consumers
  • Targeting 10% 6G telecom patents by Bharat by 2030
  • Bharat as innovator of telecom technology and exporter of 5G/6G products

Telecom Equipment Market (2024)

Telecom Equipment Market (2030)

Global

Exports by Bharat

USD 636 Bn.

USD 1 Tn.

USD 2.5 Bn.

(0.4% of global market)

USD 50 Bn.

(Target of 5% of global market)

Telecom Equipment Export target for 2030 �

“Aspire for 10% of all 6G patents and 1/6th Contributions to global standards promoting India’s needs”

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Contributions in ITU: IMT 2030

  • Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi launched Bharat 6G Vision document on 22nd March 2023.
  • Launch of Bharat 6G Alliance on 3rd July 2023.
  • DoT along with industry (TSDSI) got included Bharat requirements in IMT 2030 Framework document
    • Ubiquitous, coverage, interoperability on the basis of India’s requirements
  • Bharat 6G Alliance members closely working with Government (DoT/TEC/WPC) for submissions of our innovations
  • Bharat 6G Alliance made presentation at 3GPP Usecase Requirements on 8th May 2024
  • Attended events hosted by NextG Alliance, Beyond 5G Promotion Group Japan, Open RAN Alliance, June 13, 2024 in Japan
  • International Open RAN Symposium, Colorado, 16-19 September 2024
  • B6GA designated Focal point of Contact with Open RAN Policy Coalition(ORPC), USA

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Governing Council: Overview

  • The Bharat 6G Alliance Governing Council (represented by Founding Members), to steer India’s leadership in 6G technology development
  • Brings together key stakeholders from various ministries, government bodies, research organizations, and industry leaders to ensure a coordinated approach to 6G innovation

Key Ministries and Organizations Represented

  • The Governing Council includes Government Nominees from crucial government ministries and organizations, such as
    • Department of Telecommunications (DoT)
    • Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC)
    • Wireless Planning and Coordination (WPC), DoT
    • Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
    • Department of Science and Technology (DST)
    • Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO)
    • ISRO, Ahmedabad
    • Railway Board
    • MHA (Not yet nominated)

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Working Groups

    • Spectrum
    • Device technology, sensors and manufacturing ecosystem
    • Technology
    • Applications
    • Green and sustainability
    • 6G use-cases and revenue stream
    • Outreach
  • B6GA is an industry led body consisting of public/private companies, academia, research institutions and Standard Development organizations supported by the Government

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6G Development: Progress so far (MeitY Funded Projects)

SNo.

Project Title

Implementing Agencies

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‘Next Generation Wireless Research and Standardization on 5G and Beyond’

To conduct collaborative research in the broadband wireless communication areas leading to standardization of 5G and beyond technologies by utilizing the expertise available in the country

Centre of Excellence in Wireless Technology (CeWIT) & IIT Madras,

IISc Bangalore,

IIT Bombay,

IIT Delhi,

IIT Hyderabad,

IIT Kanpur,

IIT Kharagpur

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‘Sub-THz Wireless Communication with Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (IRS)’

To design, develop and demonstrate 6G: Sub-THz wireless link and covering topics related to 6G component and systems developments

IIT Madras and SAMEER Kolkata

3.

6G ‘End-to-End Chip Communication System’

To develop fundamental technology innovations and solutions in maximization of network coverage and range at high operational frequencies and development of wireless technology that offers extremely high data rates and extremely low latency that offers near wireline (fiber) experience.

IIT Hyderabad

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 National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) 

  • The 25 Technology Innovation Hubs (TIHs) have been established in reputed institutes across the country in advanced technologies covering areas like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, Cyber security, Data Science, Quantum Technologies and so on.
  • Each hub follows a technology life cycle approach, addressing all stages of technology development namely, knowledge generation-technology development-translation-commercialization.
  • With close collaborations with the startup ecosystem, industrial sectors and governmental organizations, the hubs are bringing out several technological solutions for people-centric problems.
  • IIIT Bengaluru specifically in Communications

Implementing Agency: Department of Science & Technology (DST)

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Telecom Technology Development Fund(TTDF) Funded Projects

Sno.

Project Title

Implementing Agency

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6G: THz Test bed with Orbital Angular Momentum and Multiplexing

SAMEER, IIT Madras, IIT Guwahati and IIT Patna

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Advance Optical Communication test Bed

IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, Sterlite Technologies Limited, SFO Technologies Pvt. Ltd, SASMOS HET Technologies Ltd, ERNET India, Quanfluence Private Ltd, Signalchip Innovations

3.

19 additional projects on Beyond 5G and other Advanced Technology development

  • 100 5G use case labs which will led to development of 6G use cases
  • 6G Leadership Tech Talks on fortnightly basis
  • MoU’s with NextG Alliance, USA; 6G IA, Europe; 6G Flagship, Oulu University, Finland.
  • International 6G symposium on 16th-17th October 2024
  • >30 Global experts and more than 500 participants

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Accelerated Research on 6G Eco-System (DoT)�

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RIS, ISAC, Smart Antenna

Waveform Design

Tera Hertz Communication

6G Radio evaluation platform

Channel Modelling

AI/ML Driven Transceiver Architectures

Metasurfaces for Fluid Cells

BB84 Protocol Simulation Toolbox Development for Secured Quantum Communication in 6G Networks Design of plug-and-play photonic integrated modules

Design and Optimization of Initial Access Procedure and Beam Management

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Dynamic computational offloading

AI-driven Semantic Communications

Smart Drift-Handling Enabler

Quality of Service (QoS) improvement

Spectrum Sharing and Multi-link Operation

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Transparent MEMS based Free Space Optical Cross Connect for 6G cell router to antenna

Silicon Photonic Chip

6G Accelerated Smart Transportation with C-V2X

Core Network for 6G & Beyond

Smart CDN Solution

RU

DU

CU

Core Network

UE

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Wearable Biosensors

Terahertz Topological Photonic Passive Devices

Tethered drone based last mile 6G connectivity and back haul carpet in the advancing battlefield

Artificial General Intelligence and Machine Learning for High Precision Positioning

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Total 111 projects shortlisted for funding, out of evaluated 470 proposals 

No. of projects coverage based on themes

Research Domains

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GLOBAL ALLIANCES PARTNERS IN 6G DEVELOPMENT

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Composition of the Alliance as per Industry

Total: 58 members

Total: 62 members

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Bharat 6G Alliance Members