At its ITU-R WP5D February 2025 meeting, a large number of ITU-R WP 5D contributions were discussed on the development of a draft document titled, “Minimum technical performance requirements (TPRs) for IMT‑2030 (“6G”) radio interface(s) [IMT-2030.TECH PERF REQ].”  That work is being done in the Technology Aspects WG along with all other IMT-2030 projects.

This Report describes key requirements related to the minimum technical performance of IMT-2030 candidate radio interface technologies. It also provides the necessary background information about the individual requirements and the justification for the items and values chosen. Provision of such background information is needed for a broader understanding of the requirements.  After discussion of the contributions, a preliminary list of minimum TPRs is created, and the working document is updated. In total eleven sessions were used including three Drafting Groups to address requirements related to artificial intelligence, energy efficiency and joint requirements.  This Report is based on the ongoing development activities of external research and technology organizations.  These key technical performance requirements are used in the development of Report IMT-2030.EVAL.

This WP5D meeting also discussed contributions on “Evaluation criteria and methodology for IMT-2030″ [IMT-2030.EVAL] and updated the working document. The discussion focused on a number of subjects including test environments, mapping between TPR and test environments, and a high-level view of TPR evaluation methodologies.

WP5D SWG Coordination started the work of revision of the Document IMT-2030/2 – Submission, evaluation process and consensus building, in order to incorporate decisions to be made on criterial related to test environments and other subjects.

At its next meeting, WP5D Technology Aspects WG will:

• continue working on revision of IMT-2030/2 “Process” – submission, evaluation process and consensus building process for IMT-2030;
• start to work on candidate technology submission template for IMT-2030;
• continue working on ITU-R M.[IMT-2030.TECH PERF REQ] – minimum requirements related to technical performance for IMT-2030 radio interface(s);
• continue working on M.[IMT-2030.EVAL] – Guidelines for evaluation of radio interface technologies for IMT-2030;

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During 3GPP Technical Specification Group RAN’s meeting RAN#106, in Madrid on December 12th, an important 6G study item was approved. The study represents a significant milestone in 3GPP’s interactions with ITU on 6G technical performance requirements (TPRs) as future, deployment scenarios, requirements and potential directions of 6G radio access technologies are further identified and investigated in 3GPP. The 3GPP study item (Details in RP-243327) aims to investigate a candidate set of items for minimum TPRs based on the Recommendation ITU-R M.2160 and, where applicable, the associated target values and key assumptions for the identified minimum TPRs.

The outcome is expected to be shared by Liaison Statement with ITU-R WP5D and used as a baseline for the subsequent 6G study in RAN.

Expected Output and Time scale: A 38 series Technical Report ‘Study on 6G Scenarios and requirements’ scheduled for RAN#112 in June, 2026.

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References:

ITU-R: IMT-2030 (6G) Backgrounder and Envisioned Capabilities

ITU-R WP5D invites IMT-2030 RIT/SRIT contributions

NGMN issues ITU-R framework for IMT-2030 vs ITU-R WP5D Timeline for RIT/SRIT Standardization

IMT-2030 Technical Performance Requirements (TPR) from ITU-R WP5D

https://www.3gpp.org/news-events/3gpp-news/ran-6g-study1

Ericsson and e& (UAE) sign MoU for 6G collaboration vs ITU-R IMT-2030 framework