Rel21Ready: Roadmap 3GPP Release 21, Convergenza 6G Sub-THz e NTN Lunare

Rel21Ready definisce la frontiera tecnologica per 3GPP Rel-21 e 6G: sub-THz, comunicazioni lunari/marziane e IA nativa.

Rel21Ready 6G AI-Native Lunar & Terrestrial Unified Air Interface

Joint Communication and Sensing (JCAS) spanning Earth orbit to Lunar Artemis bases

Central System: Artemis Base 6G gNodeB - Cryo-hardened sub-THz cell tower at Lunar South Pole

Network Nodes

Artemis Base 6G gNodeB
Lagrange Point L2 Optical Gateway
Neural Autoencoder Air Interface
Unified 6G Planetary Core Network

Architectural Protocol Layers

Spaceborne PHY/MAC Layer (3GPP Rel-17 TS 38.300): Doppler compensation, HARQ disabling, and timing advance extension.
Orbital Mesh Routing (CCSDS / Delay-Tolerant Networking): Dynamic topology routing over intermittent laser crosslinks.
Regenerative Core Processing (OpenRAN / 3GPP CU-DU Split): Onboard user plane function (UPF) local breakout.

Key Metrics: < 18ms (LEO Orbit-to-Ground Roundtrip) | 100 Gbps (Optical Crosslink Throughput) | ±48 kHz (Doppler Shift Compensation) | 99.999% (Orbital Constellation Availability)

Roadmap 3GPP Release 21, Convergenza NTN 6G Sub-THz ed Esplorazione Spaziale

Core Engineering Areas

Lunar Surface and Cislunar 3GPP NTN Standardization — Core engineering and protocols for Lunar Surface and Cislunar 3GPP NTN Standardization.
AI-Native End-to-End Neural Air Interfaces — Core engineering and protocols for AI-Native End-to-End Neural Air Interfaces.
Joint Communication and Sensing (JCAS) from Space — Core engineering and protocols for Joint Communication and Sensing (JCAS) from Space.

Technical Articles

Related Cluster Architecture Specifications

NonTerrestrialNetwork — 3GPP 5G/6G NTN Satellite Architecture, Direct-to-Cell & Non-Terrestrial Infrastructure
NonTerrestrialNetworks — Multi-Orbit Heterogeneous Constellation Interworking (LEO / MEO / GEO / HAPS)
AirspaceSync — Doppler Compensation, Relativistic Timing & Airspace-Space Synchronization
FSOComm — Free Space Optics, High-Bandwidth Space Laser Communications & Atmospheric Mitigation