Apple is getting into 6G before 6G is even a thing

Apple’s first 5G phones arrived just a few months ago, but the company is already exploring the future of mobile connectivity.

A recently published vacancy for a wireless research systems engineer teased the company’s ambitions for 6G cellular technology. That list, previously reported by Bloombergsays the position “will be at the center of a pioneering research group responsible for creating the next generation of disruptive radio access technologies over the next decade.”

You will work on defining concepts at the system level, proposing and examining innovative ideas and algorithms, performing complex system simulations, defining fast prototyping platforms to prove your ideas and specifying RAN protocols and for the following generation of (6G) cellular systems, “the list said. . Among the responsibilities of the role, Apple says the position will participate in industry and academic forums “passionate about 6G technology.”

Apple did not immediately return a request for comment on the development of the next generation of cellular technology.

Apple may be exploring the future of mobile connectivity, but we’re quite a long way from such technology showing up on Apple devices – possibly a ten years or moresince 6G is little more than an idea right now. A new generation of wireless standard has not yet been established (and is probably years away). In addition, Apple has only just been first generation 5G iPhones late last year. And by zooming out on the latest line of phones, many of its products are still 4G devices.

But that’s pretty clear in the job posting, which states that a good candidate can be someone who likes to “work on challenges that no one has yet solved.” And technologies, clearly, that don’t yet exist.