Transformation from 5G for Verticals Towards a 6G-enabled Internet of Verticals

TL;DR

This paper discusses the evolution from 5G to a 6G-enabled Internet of Verticals, exploring enabling technologies and examples like smart energy grids and IoR to facilitate digital transformation across sectors.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of 6G-IoV and examines enabling technologies and applications for vertical sector transformation beyond 5G.

Findings

Identification of key enabling technologies for 6G-IoV

Examples of next-generation applications like cloud manufacturing and IoR

Insights into future digital transformation of vertical sectors

Abstract

5G will enable and greatly accelerate digital transformation of vertical sectors. In the longer term this will evolve from per-vertical connectivity services in 5G to the emergence of the 6G-enabled Internet of Verticals (6G-IoV). In this paper we describe and examine enabling technologies for this further transformation of verticals and examine some examples of 6G-IoV, next generation cloud manufacturing and manufacturing as a service, next generation smart energy grids and the Internet of Robotics (IoR).