Transdisciplinary Technology Mining of Advanced 6G Satellite Communication Innovations

Abstract

This research focuses on using natural language processing text mining approaches to make knowledge induction from the patent corpus within 6G satellite communication technologies. The domain ontology, that describes the transdisciplinary features of the knowledge taxonomy, is derived and organized in a hierarchical schema. The trends of innovation distributions within the ontology are further analyzed to discover the transdisciplinary R&D requirements. The technology mining process discovers that the advanced satellite infrastructure and its hardware/software integration are the enabler for seamless and high-speed communication network connectivity on land, sea, and sky. Seven main parts of “6G satellite communication” ontology schema and the taxonomy are text-mined from relevant patents and literature. 2357 domain patents (all with highly transdisciplinary nature) are collected and analyzed. During macro-analyses, trend of inventions, the leading assignees, and the distribution of technology categories are depicted. The micro-analyses discover the innovations of technological themes, technology function matrix showing R&D hot-spots and cold-spots, and the most critical sub-technologys’ lifecycle maturities. The ultra-goal of this research is to discover the main trends and the potentials of satellite communication-related technologies through smart technology mining techniques, especially those requiring transdisciplinary R&D. Finally, the strategic research plan for technical-savvy countries (e.g., Taiwan focusing on semiconductor and IT design and manufacturing sectors) is presented, highlighting the necessary transdisciplinary R&D efforts for mobile telecommunication industry.