Interferenceless coexistence of 6G networks and scientific instruments in the Ka‐band

Abstract

Abstract6G networks are envisioned to provide an extremely high quality‐of‐service (QoS). Then, future 6G network must operate in the Ka‐band, where more bandwidth and radio channels are available, and noise and interferences are lower. But even in this context, 6G base stations must adjust the transmission power to ensure the signal‐to‐noise ratio is good enough to enable the expected QoS. However, 6G networks are not the only infrastructure operating in that band. Actually, many scientific instruments are also working on those frequencies. Considering that 6G networks will be transmitting a relevant power level, they can interfere very easily with these scientific instruments. Therefore, in this paper we propose a new solution to enable the interferenceless coexistence between 6G networks and scientific instruments. This solution includes a three‐dimensional model to analyse future positions of user devices. Using this information and an interference model, we design a decision model to adapt the transmitted power, so the QoS achieves the expected level. Besides, when the transmitted power is high enough to interfere with close scientific instruments, a scheduling algorithm based on swarm intelligence is triggered. This algorithm calculates the optimum distribution of time slots and radio channels, so the scientific instruments can operate, and the 6G networks can still provide the required QoS. An experimental validation is provided to analyse the performance of the proposed solution. Results show a complete coexistence may be achieved with an interference level of −26 dBm and a QoS above 95% of the expected level.