Readings from the other desks

Readings from the other desks: cross-references to their editions for the same scope, not copies of them.

In preparation. This chapter is seeded with Nexus Standards’s reading printed in the GCRI edition; Nexus Standards replaces it with its own text when it writes the edition.
Contents
  1. ·Edition home
  2. 1Where standards are needed
  3. 2Adoption findings
  4. 3Domain and industry profiles
  5. 4Conformance and assurance
  6. 5Change scenarios
  7. 6Readings from the other desks
    1. 6.1 Standards and regulatory watch: the Nexus Standards reading in the GCRI edition
    2. 6.2 Readings from the other desks
    3. 6.3 Contribute to this chapter
  8. 7Standards work programme
  9. 8Crosswalks

6.1Standards and regulatory watch: the Nexus Standards reading in the GCRI edition

The instruments that shape the systems of 6G, AI-RAN and Next-Generation Connectivity, as printed in the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) Systems Evidence edition. Instruments and published guidance that shape the systems in this edition, by status on the retrieval date. The edition assesses no one’s compliance.

InstrumentBodyScopeStatusRelevance
ITU-R M.2160 IMT-2030 framework [1]ITU-RglobalPUBLISHED 2023research targets and usage scenarios
ITU-R M.2516 technology trends [26]ITU-RglobalPUBLISHED 2022technology trends
ITU-R M.2541 bands above 100 GHz [27]ITU-RglobalPUBLISHED 2024feasibility
3GPP Release 20 6G studies [4] [28] [29]3GPPglobalSTUDY PHASErequirements and scenarios
3GPP Release 21 [3]3GPPglobalPLANNED 2027 TO 2029first normative 6G release
ETSI ISAC group [15]ETSIEuropePUBLISHED · VOLUNTARYsensing reports
O-RAN specifications [13]O-RAN AllianceglobalPUBLISHED · VOLUNTARYopen interfaces
Digital Networks Act proposal [11]European CommissionEUPROPOSED 2026spectrum and networks
WRC-27 agenda item 1.7 [25]ITUglobalPENDING 2027bands for IMT
EU 5G toolbox [35]European Commission and Member StatesEUPUBLISHED 2020 · VOLUNTARYsupplier security

6.2Readings from the other desks

Cross-references to the other desks’ editions for the same subject, never copies of them.

DeskEditionStateIdentifier
Standards ProgressStandards Progress: 6G, AI-RAN and Next-Generation Connectivity 2026In preparationNR-NXS-XT-09-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
GCRI Systems EvidenceSystems Evidence: 6G, AI-RAN and Next-Generation Connectivity 2026Drafted, in stewardship reviewNR-XTECH-6G-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0
GRF Public DeliberationOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit
GRA Capital ReadinessOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit
Academy CapabilityCapability: 6G, AI-RAN and Next-Generation Connectivity 2026In preparationNR-RA-XT-09-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
Index MeasurementOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit

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6.3Contribute to this chapter

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