This coming decade promises to be yet another revolutionary one in how we communicate. In a world that is only beginning to embrace 5G technology, several scientific institutions, governments, telecom companies, and phone manufacturers worldwide are beginning to research the development possibilities of its successor—6G technology.
Zhengying Lou is a communication engineering graduate who joined KAUST from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Zhengying first came to KAUST in June 2020 as a visiting student and was instantly impressed by the university’s high academic standards and convenient living environment.
The ongoing deployment of the fifth-generation cellular network (5G) has attracted wide attention and controversy from researchers and non-specialists. Attitudes toward 5G and beyond are quite different that some even regard these new technologies as threats.
Free-space optical (FSO) communications will play an important role in the backhaul of future generation of wireless networks in order to support high data rates.
In next-generation cellular networks, a massive number of low-cost devices are required to communicate with minimal power consumption. This paradigm opens the door for several Internet of Things (IoT) applications such as smart cities, homes, and agriculture, with 21 billion expected devices by 2025.
Predicting wireless traffic using artificial intelligence could improve the reliability of future wireless communications.
Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at KAUST, interview in Arabic with Okaz daily newspaper.
A research team featuring KAUST M.S./Ph.D. student Aniq Ur Rahman recently received €5,000 in funding from AlumNode, for their project: “Connecting the Unconnected: A Tool for Digital Inclusion.” Rahman—along with his colleagues Dr. Anish Jindal from the University of Essex, U.K., and Dr. Khac-Hoang Ngo from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden—received the grant for their innovative optimal network deployment architecture (NDA) software aimed at reducing the global digital divide.
Satellite communication (SatCom) is an essential component of next-generation wireless communication to achieve a goal of ubiquitous connectivity on globe. The outage performance of SatCom link connecting to a network is more critical in infrastructure-deficient remote areas.
In communications community, there has been a consensus reached that sixth generation (6G) communications should focus on the solution to the digital divide that restricts the current 3.6 billion of the world’s population from enjoying the benefits of the latest information and communications technologies (ICTs).
The existing ground-based transportation systems suffer from various challenges, including the high cost of infrastructure development, limited land space, and a growing urban population.
Electrical and computer engineers take on complex modeling questions that can further our understanding of virus spread in small spaces.
Although ubiquitous connectivity is one of the main goals for 5G and beyond networks, the low expected profit prevents telecommunication providers from investing in sparsely populated areas.