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6G Technologies: Key Features, Challenges, Security and Privacy Issues

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Digital Sovereignty in Cyber Security: New Challenges in Future Vision (CyberSec4Europe 2022)

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This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the sixth-generation (6G) networks. 6G with cheap and fast internet technology, connectivity without distances between people, and incredible terabit transmission speed will complete a wireless network without limitations and maximize data throughput and IOPS. The wireless evolution from “connected things” to “connected intelligence” will be dramatically reshaped by the 6G. The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of the benefits of 6G in mobile and satellite communications, as well as the challenges and potential solutions arising from the new networks and their key technologies. One of the critical challenges is the provision of secure and intelligent 6G networks, but multidisciplinary challenges such as policy, technology and ethics should also be considered.

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    Narges Arastouei

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  3. Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

    Antonio Lioy

  4. University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

    Sara Matheu

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Arastouei, N. (2023). 6G Technologies: Key Features, Challenges, Security and Privacy Issues. In: Skarmeta, A., Canavese, D., Lioy, A., Matheu, S. (eds) Digital Sovereignty in Cyber Security: New Challenges in Future Vision. CyberSec4Europe 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1807. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36096-1_7

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