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With the large-scale commercial deployment of the 5G network in the world, more and more researchers and organizations have already begun to study the sixth generation of mobile communication systems. Network architecture is not only the skeleton and backbone of mobile communication system, but also the core of the 6G system. The concept, key technologies, design ideology and key factors of 6G are explored in this article. The network architecture for 6G called “three-entity, four-layer, and five-plane” is presented, which is proposed by China Mobile. As the first systematic 6G network architecture proposed in the industry, it shows a full view of cross-domain, cross-layer, and multidimensional 6G network architecture from three perspectives: spatial view, logical view, and functional view. The “three-entity” includes network entity, management orchestration entity, and digital twin entity; the “four-layer” includes resource & computing layer, routing & connection layer, servitization function layer, and open & enablement layer; The “five-plane” includes control plane, user plane, data plane, intelligence plane, and security plane.
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The authors acknowledge the financial support of the University Recognized Scientific Research Foundation in Guangdong Province (Grant: 2022KTSCX384), the University-Level Scientific Research Project Foundation in the Guangdong Innovative Technical College (Grant: 2022ZDYY01).
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Zhan, B., Yu, X., Zeng, Z., Shao, S., Han, X., Lu, Q. (2023). China Mobile Network Architecture for 6G. In: Li, A., Shi, Y., Xi, L. (eds) 6GN for Future Wireless Networks. 6GN 2022. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 505. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36014-5_10
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