6G: The Next Horizon: From Connected People and Things to Connected Intelligence

The first book on 6G wireless presents an overall vision for 6G - an era of intelligence-of-everything - with drivers key capabilities use cases KPIs and the technology innovations that will shape it. These innovations include immersive human-centric communication sensing localization and imaging connected machine learning and networked AI Industry 4.0 and beyond with connected intelligence smart cities and life and the satellite mega-constellation for 3D full-Earth wireless coverage. Also covered are new air-interface and networking technologies integrated sensing and communications and integrated terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks. In addition novel network architectures to enable network AI user centric networks native trustworthiness are discussed. Essential reading for researchers in academia and industry working on B5G wireless communications.