6G leadership has been largely acknowledged as a national priority in India, especially with the launch of the Bharat 6G Alliance in 2023 and the Prime Minister’s push for the next G in recent years.
Now, the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) announced it has signed an agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) to develop what it calls the “building blocks for terahertz communication front-ends” for 6G.
According to the body, which is a telecom R&D centre inside the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) of the country, the project will develop basic devices and components essential for terahertz systems. It will include other terahertz systems like military communications and material characterisation.
“With the recent program on setting up chip fabrication facilities in India, this project is being initiated to develop some of the core components at IIT Delhi facilities, in association with the Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research Kolkata,” C-DOT explained.
While C-DOT will implement the project, Professor Ananjan Basuthe, principal investigator at IIT Delhi, said that “his team is fully committed to contributing to the development of next-generation communication 6G technology,” according to the agency.
Spectrum on the Horizon
The government announced another agreement to advance research in India. IIT Mandi will be responsible for conducting works on wideband spectrum sensor ASIC chips for dynamic spectrum access.
Among the key goals are the development of hardware-friendly algorithms for sensing more than 2 GHz spectrum and targeting 6 GHz satellite bands to boost throughput and dynamic spectrum access.
