5G wireless is already teaching us what we'll want from 6G

Most of us are still getting our heads wrapped around 5G, but some major tech players are well into the development of 6G. In broad strokes, 6G is envisioned as truly subsuming wireless connectivity into everything around us with network coverage and bandwidth availability so effortless we cease to worry about them. That's a herculean task that 5G may only start accomplishing. 6G will need to scale both up and down, from connections that need huge bandwidth like home ISP service to devices that need only a small amount. Another area where 6G may take a handoff from 5G is coverage; 5G can offer good bandwidth to a large area or amazing bandwidth to a small area, but in-between is something of a technical and economic null zone. One of 6G's clear mandates would be to overlap coverage and bandwidth without tradeoffs.