Six-G Study-Phase Requirements Register

PROBLEM: 6G entered its formal study phase: 3GPP TR 22.870 (Stage-1 6G use cases and service requirements) was approved at TSG SA#111 in Fukuoka, March 2026; TR 38.914 was ~60% complete in March 2026 and approved at the June 2026 plenary; the Release 21 normative timeline was agreed in June 2026, with Stage-3 freeze December 2028 and commercial 6G generally expected ~2030. There is no register tracking which 6G study items (AI-native radio, integrated sensing and communication, non-terrestrial networks) are approved, pending, or dropped.

SOLUTION: A 6G study-phase requirements register: every approved 6G study item logged with its TR number, approval date, and normative timeline — so the standards process is tracked as it happens, not reconstructed after the freeze.

EVIDENCE BASIS: DOCUMENTED — 3GPP TR 22.870 approved Mar 2026; TR 38.914 approved June 2026 plenary; Release 21 timeline agreed June 2026 (Stage-3 freeze Dec 2028, ASN.1/OpenAPI freeze Mar 2029); corroborated by 3GPP 6G Tracker and arXiv review of the June 2026 plenary. IEEE PIMRC 2025 AI-driven RIS beam-selection work is peer-reviewed conference work (simulation/testbed scale).