Special Feature

Fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks are still awaiting widespread roll-out around the world. Yet engineers at CityU are already looking further into the future, with research and development into sixth-generation (6G) technology well underway.

Professor Luk Kwai-man is Chair Professor of CityU's Department of Electrical Engineering and Founding Director of the State Key Laboratory of Terahertz and Millimeter Waves. Since joining the Department in 1984, he has led the innovation and technology team, establishing and consolidating CityU's front-running place in international academia in the field, together with fellow Chair Professor Chan Chi-hou, who is also the current Laboratory Director.

Technology for 6G and beyond uses the terahertz (0.1-10THz) spectrum, which has even shorter frequencies than microwaves and millimeter waves, making it superior to 5G in numerous ways, including internet capacity, transfer speed, indoor positional accuracy, and others. For example, 6G and beyond transfer speed can be expected to reach up to 1 terabyte per second, which is 100 times faster than the 5G transfer speed of 10 gigabits per second.

With global industry leaders and academic experts now laying out research goals for this new terahertz communications standard, it is estimated that 6G technology could be officially launched internationally in 2030.

Over the years, the University's electrical engineering researchers have designed and developed tiny antenna that are not only suitable size-wise for mobile devices but also greatly increase transfer speed and data capacity.
實驗室及其團隊歷年來研發各種適用於通訊用的天線，不僅體積愈見纖小，而且傳輸速度和數據量均大大提升。