Reinaldo A. Valenzuela

Title: 6G Wireless: Challenges and Opportunities

Abstract:  6G brings great opportunities for new, engaging, sustainable and value generating mobile networks applications and services. These will be enabled by sustained technology evolution. Starting with “Extreme Connectivity” delivering improved coverage, capacity and coverage at reduced cost per bit. Followed by “AI-Native” designs propelling automation and AI for, and on, the Radio Access Network. Leading to “Beyond Connectivity” fostering value generating and transformative applications taking advantage of new capabilities such as localization and sensing, programmability and an API frame network. I will discuss in further detail essential elements and technology enablers for this near, medium and long term 6G vision as well as 6G challenges and opportunities.

Bio: Reinaldo A. Valenzuela: Member National Academy of Engineering, Fellow IEEE.  IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award. Bell Labs Fellow. WWRF Fellow, 2014 IEEE CTTC Technical Achievement Award, 2015 IEEE VTS Avant Garde Award. B.Sc. U. of Chile, Ph.D. Imperial College. Director, Communication Theory Department, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Bell Laboratories. Engaged in propagation measurements and models, MIMO/space time systems achieving high capacities using transmit and receive antenna arrays, HetNets, small cells and next generation air interface techniques and architectures. He has published 247 papers and 44 patents. He has over 35,800 Google Scholar citations and is a ‘Highly Cited Author’ In Thomson ISI and a Fulbright Senior Specialist.