Tracking Future Technology Evolutions in ETSI

The ETSI Technology Radar (ETR) provides a high-level description of the main technology trends emerging in ICT that may be relevant for ETSI's present and future work.

In ETSI we create strong links between Researchers, Innovators & Standards Makers by looking at future technology trend evolutions, with initiatives such as:

  • The ETSI Technology Radar, tracking the evolving technology trends
  • Building enablers for Research and Innovation into Standards
  • Creation of new technical groups [Industry Specification Groups (ISGs) / Technical Bodies (TBs) / other] in ETSI

The ETSI Technology Radar (ETR) provides a high-level description of potential ICT Trends as well as providing potential actions and areas of investigation for ETSI members and technical groups. It is open for consultation and feedback is welcome and encouraged.

Please send any feedback or ideas on the ETR to research@etsi.org.

The 10 Technology Trends from the ETR 2021 Edition

NEW Technology Trends selected from the ETR 2022 Edition

  • Photonics

    Photonics

    • Terabit PONs
    • Optical networks
    • Photonics space comms
    • Photodiodes for THz
    • Links to OWC
    • Photonic Sensing

  • (sub)THz and THz Comms

    (sub)THz and THz Comms

    • Sub-THz
    • Full THz
    • PNS with THz
      • Position
      • Navigate
      • Sense

  • Reflective Intelligent Surfaces (RIS)

    Reflective Intelligent Surfaces (RIS)

    • RIS beamforming
    • Meta-materials/surfaces
    • RIS Wireless Power Transfer
    • Location and sensing

  • Optical Wireless Communications (OWC)

    Optical Wireless Communications (OWC)

    • VLC = Visible Light Comms
    • LiFi = Light Fidelity
    • OCC = Optical Camera Comms
    • FSOC = Free Space Orbital Comms
    • LIDAR = Light Detect and Ranging

  • Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN)

    Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN)

    • Satellite (LEO/MEO/GEO)
    • High Throughput Sats (HTS)
    • Cubesats
    • HAPS
    • UAV

  • Intelligent Distributed EDGE

    Intelligent Distributed EDGE

    • EDGE powered by artificial intelligence (AI) techniques
    • EDGE Native
    • Disaggregation and virtualization at the distributed EDGE

  • Integrated Sensing & Communicating Networks (ISAC)

    Integrated Sensing & Communicating Networks (ISAC)

    • Waveform/sequence/coding/modulation/beamforming
    • MIMO, massive MIMO, and intelligent reflecting surface (RIS) for ISAC
    • Passive sensing using communication waveforms
    • Millimeter wave and THz ISAC

  • High Performance Computer (HPC)

    High Performance Computer (HPC)

    • High Performance Computing (HPC)
    • Neuromorphic Compute
    • Convergence of compute & comms architectures =
      • Unified network compute fabric

  • Sustainability

    Sustainability

    • Energy Harvest/Transf.
    • Low Power Operations
    • AmBC (amb. Backscatter)
    • Recycle materials
    • Resource optimization
    • Efficient bandwidth

Some Technology Trend USE CASES for the ETR 2022 Edition

  • Digital Twins

    Digital Twins

    • Massive Digital Twinning
    • Virtual worlds
    • Digi. Twin of the Telco Network

  • Internet of Everything / Internet of Skills

    Internet of Everything / Internet of Skills

    • Internet of Skills
    • Internet of Everything
    • Internet of Senses
    • Haptic Internet

  • Holographic Communications

    Holographic Communications

    • Teleportation
    • Immersive Telepresence

  • Collaborative Working

    Collaborative Working

    • Online Education
    • Immersive workspace

  • eHealth

    eHealth

    • Telemedecine
    • Public Health monitoring
    • AI-assisted Diagnosis

  • Smart Cities

    Smart Cities

    • Immersive Cities
    • IoT Micro-Networks for Smart Cities

  • Earth Monitor

    Earth Monitor

    • Sensing
    • Positioning
    • Measuring
    • Navigating
    • Visualizing state

  • Mobility

    Mobility

    • Unmanned mobility
    • Robot swarms
    • Level 5 AVs

  • Metaverse

    Metaverse

    • AR/VR + AI + Internet
    • Holograms
    • Avatars
    • Collaborative working
    • Social Networking

  • Next Generation User Interfaces

    Next Generation User Interfaces

    • Human machine interface
    • Mind to mind communications
    • Embedded / ingested devices
    • Wearables (VR/AR/XR)
    • SIM - > Smart Agents