Cutting through the noise — researchers may have cracked a key issue with developing next-gen 6G networks
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If reconfigurable intelligent surfaces really tame 6G interference, the constraint on ultra-dense, high-bandwidth networks shifts from physics to deployment economics. For operators, it’s a prompt to start mapping where RIS-capable infrastructure would unlock new AI and robotics workloads that 5G can’t carry cleanly.
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