Broadcasting and 6G Converged Network Architecture

With the arrival of the 6G era, wireless communication networks will face increased pressure due to diversified service traffic with ultra-large bandwidth, ultra-low latency, and massive connections, making it difficult to guarantee quality of service. However, broadcasting can realize wide-area coverage with lower physical transmission resource occupancy. Therefore, the convergence of broadcasting and 6G networks can promote the evolution and upgrade of traditional broadcasting services towards flexibility, dynamics, and personalization, and at the same time, can effectively alleviate the data congestion in mobile communication networks. In this paper, we firstly introduce the three typical application scenarios of broadcasting and 6G convergence in the future, and summarize the vital technologies and challenges in constructing the converged network. On this basis, we propose a broadcasting and 6G converged network architecture and a next-generation 6G broadcasting core network architecture, and finally introduce the typical collaboration modes of the converged network.