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NGMN 6G VISION, OPERATING

DISAGGREGATED NETWORKS

AND GREEN FUTURE NETWORKS

By Anita Döhler, Chief Executive

Officer NGMN Alliance

With a new positioning in 2021, the NGMN Alliance put the focus on the most burning topics of
mobile telecommunications today and in the future – thus addressing and embracing the entire
industry: Mastering the Route to Disaggregation with a focus on the End-to-End Operation of
Disaggregated Networks, Green Future Networks, and 6G, as well as the continuous support of
5G’s full implementation. NGMN continues to grow with new Partners joining the alliance, which
clearly indicates that the organisation’s strategic focus topics are highly relevant for the industry.
This article provides an update on NGMN’s growth momentum and strategic focus topics.

6G Drivers, Vision and Use Cases • SOCIETAL GOALS: Future technologies should contribute
further to the success of the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals.
NGMN has a track record in substantially impacting the • OPERATIONAL NECESSITIES: There is a strong need to make
success of 4G’s and 5G’s development and is best positioned to the planning, deployment, operations, management, and
provide relevant and timely guidance to the whole ecosystem performance of the mobile operators’ networks more efficient.
throughout the 6G development cycle. As a global organisation
representing the entire value chain, NGMN is set to take the • MARKET EXPECTATIONS: Customer requirements need to be
lead in providing impactful guidance for global 6G activities to satisfied by offering new services and capabilities, supported
respond to the needs of end users, societies, mobile network by evolving technologies in a cost-effective manner.
operators and the ecosystem as a whole.

“In addition, the way future wireless
standards and technologies are developed
will be crucial. NGMN identifies some
fundamental aspects which 3GPP needs to
consider before starting the development of the
next generation of standards and technologies:”

• NEED FOR INCREASED SCOPE: To drive full ecosystem
automation, enhance visibility, and improve efficiency, the
scope of activities should be expanded to include new aspects
which are not yet (or fully) part of the current standards
development requirements to take a holistic end-to-end view
of the entire ecosystem, and not only its parts.
• NEED FOR NEW STANDARDS EVOLUTION PARADIGM:
It is important to reconsider the traditional notion of a
“generational” change driven solely by advancement in radio
and core technologies. Instead, standards development should
become broader in scope, but also more incremental and agile
in detail, building on the existing 5G system.
• NEED FOR DIFFERENTIATED TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION: Any
NGMN believes that the continuing evolution of the mobile new technological development should be assessed with
industry, and the underlying technologies, must be guided respect to its differentiation from 5G, and any improvements
by the imperative to safeguard the three fundamental should be benchmarked, including pragmatic deployment
needs facing the society at large, and the telecoms industry scenarios, with the law of diminishing returns in mind.
specifically, namely:
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