Bradley Distinguished Lecture: Dr. Edward G. Tiedemann, Jr.

The Next Big Steps in Our Critical Infrastructure: 5G-Advanced, 6G, and AI

This past year has seen many big steps forward towards 6G: Beginning with a workshop in May 2024, 3GPP SA1 has been identifying use cases and requirements for new capabilities. In March 2025, 3GPP RAN had a radio related workshop and now technical studies have started. This presentation will examine the status of 5G, the new capabilities that are emerging, areas where 5G has both been successful and not as successful, and some of the overall challenges facing cellular technology. Particular attention will be paid to the integration of satellite systems known as Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN), sensing known as Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC), and AI. It will present a vision of some for some of the technical enhancements that may be incorporated into 6G.

Speaker Bio

Dr. Edward G. Tiedemann, Jr. is a Qualcomm Fellow and a Senior Vice President of Engineering of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. He leads Qualcomm’s worldwide standardization and industry organization activities. Dr. Tiedemann was instrumental in the design and development of the TIA/EIA/IS-95 CDMA system, also called cdmaOne™. He led Qualcomm’s, and much of the industry’s, efforts in the design and development of the third-generation cdma2000® system. Dr. Tiedemann led the offline industry group on M2M convergence, which resulted in oneM2M. In addition to being on the board of the MulteFire Alliance, Dr. Tiedemann is also on the board of the Open Mobile Alliance and the Open Connectivity Foundation.

Bio from the Alliance for Private Networks