6G Technology Demonstrations
Exploring the Future of AI-Native Wireless
Each year at Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona, Qualcomm brings its latest wireless research to life through interactive demonstrations and working prototypes. Explore innovations in AI-native 6G, distributed intelligence, advanced air interface technologies, integrated sensing, digital twins, and next-generation wireless services, offering a glimpse into how future networks will connect, compute, and understand the world around us.
Foundational 6G Innovation
The path to 6G starts with foundational innovations that can scale globally. These innovations include the use of new spectrum, wider bandwidths, more efficient use of radio resources and the evolution of the air interface toward an AI-native 6G system. Together, these advances are helping shape a more intelligent, efficient and connected wireless future.
End-to-end 6G prototype system
Our end-to-end 6G prototype system demonstrates how new spectrum, wide bandwidths and advanced technologies such as Giga-MIMO, probabilistic shaping and sub-band full duplex can improve spectral efficiency and increase uplink and downlink performance. The prototype offers an early look at the building blocks of future high-capacity 6G networks.
End-to-end 6G prototype system
Oct 20, 2026 | 2:48
6G RF alignment and interoperability testing
Developing 6G requires early ecosystem collaboration. Through RF alignment and interoperability testing with leading infrastructure vendors, we are validating new spectrum operation, wide-bandwidth performance and key RF requirements that will help enable the next generation of wireless systems.
6G RF alignment and interoperability testing
Oct 20, 2026 | 2:35
AI-based joint source and channel coding
Developed through a collaboration between Qualcomm Technologies and Nokia Bell Labs, this proof of concept applies AI-based joint source and channel coding to HARQ feedback. By learning network conditions and adapting signaling in real time, the system improves reliability and efficiency while highlighting the potential for AI-native communication techniques in future 6G networks.
AI-based joint source and channel coding
Oct 20, 2026 | 4:56
AI-Native Experiences and Services
As AI-powered applications become more immersive and interactive, future wireless systems must do more than transport data. 6G is expected to enable distributed intelligence, context-aware connectivity and collaborative communications that adapt to application needs, network conditions and available compute resources.
Agentic AI and AR Experiences
This demonstration showcases how distributed compute and collaborative communications can support AI-driven augmented reality experiences. AI workloads dynamically shift between devices and the network edge, while multiple cellular-connected devices work together to improve reliability, coverage and responsiveness, helping deliver more capable and power-efficient AI experiences.
Agentic AI and AR Experiences
Oct 20, 2026 | 5:16
AI-Enabled Context-Aware Communications
This demonstration explores how on-device AI can help connectivity adapt to user intent, application requirements and changing network conditions. The approach points toward AI-native 6G protocols that can optimize experiences such as video calling and cloud gaming by aligning network behavior with what users are trying to accomplish.
AI-Enabled Context-Aware Communications
Oct 20, 2026 | 4:28
Network Compute and Inference Services at Scale
As AI models grow in size and complexity, devices will increasingly rely on distributed intelligence across the device and network. This demonstration highlights how 6G could enable scalable compute and inference services that balance performance, energy efficiency, latency and reliability while creating new opportunities for network-enabled AI services.
Network Compute and Inference Services at Scale
Oct 20, 2026 | 3:13
Enhancing Cellular Experiences with On-Device AI Agents
This demonstration shows how on-device AI agents can improve everyday mobile experiences by proactively identifying performance issues and adapting to application behavior, network conditions and environmental context. The result is a more responsive and reliable connectivity experience that anticipates user needs.
Enhancing Cellular Experiences with On-Device AI Agents
Oct 20, 2026 | 4:11
Sensing plus digital twins
Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) extends wireless networks beyond connectivity by enabling devices and infrastructure to perceive and understand their environment. Combined with AI and radio digital twins, sensing can unlock new services, improve network efficiency and help create more intelligent and adaptive 6G systems.
6G Sensing and Intelligent Classification
This demonstration showcases how 6G sensing can detect, track and classify objects in real time, including drones and vehicles across a variety of environments. By adding situational awareness to wireless networks, sensing can enable new applications for safety, automation, smart cities and digital twin platforms.
6G Sensing and Intelligent Classification
Oct 20, 2026 | 5:34
Scalable Radio Digital Twins via Sensing + AI
This demonstration highlights how network-integrated sensing and AI can create scalable, continuously updated radio digital twins. These digital representations of the wireless environment can help optimize network performance, reduce operational complexity and enable new classes of intelligent 6G services.
Digital Twin-Based AI/ML Model Training
This demonstration shows how radio digital twins can generate synthetic data to train wireless AI models more efficiently. By reducing dependence on large-scale over-the-air data collection, this approach can lower network overhead, improve energy efficiency and support scalable AI model development for future 6G systems.
6G Network and Device Energy Savings
Energy efficiency is a foundational goal for 6G. This demonstration explores how sensing, AI and radio digital twins can help optimize resource usage across networks and devices, reducing power consumption while maintaining strong performance and user experience.
Evolving NTN
Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) are expanding the reach of cellular connectivity beyond traditional terrestrial coverage. These demonstrations highlight how advances in satellite communications, millimeter-wave spectrum and 6G system design can help deliver high-performance broadband access across more locations and environments.
Broadband NTN evolution
This demonstration explores how next-generation broadband NTN terminals can leverage millimeter-wave spectrum, advanced beam management and real-time satellite tracking to deliver reliable, high-speed satellite connectivity. The results highlight the potential for enhanced broadband access wherever terrestrial coverage is limited or unavailable.
Broadband NTN evolution
Oct 20, 2026 | 3:42
Realizing mmWave satellite-to-device NTN
This demonstration showcases how millimeter-wave NTN can enable high-speed satellite connectivity directly to devices, including smartphones, vehicles and drones. By combining advanced antenna technologies with next-generation wireless system design, it illustrates a path toward broader, more seamless broadband access in future 6G networks.
Realizing mmWave satellite-to-device NTN
Oct 20, 2026 | 5:07
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