Beyond 5G/6G KPI Measurement

Today, with 5G networks being widely rolled out in various deployment environments, with various configurations, for serving various public and vertical sector needs, being used in the context of various scenarios and use cases, research and innovation activities move forward to defining the next, the 6th generation of systems. While deployed 5G networks are still under evaluation to prove their capabilities and potential in commercial, operational environments, the requirements and KPIs are being discussed for 6G systems, in order to properly steer the 6G research and innovation activities. To this end, besides having clearly defined KPIs it is vital to identify at early stages methodologies and tools to evaluate these KPIs even at early research stages, so that the 6G technologies can be properly validated.