The "future of everything connected" needs a novel 3D network architecture approach to provide connectivity anywhere and anytime.
To this end, 6G-TakeOff will strive for a uniform 3D communications network, in which flying network nodes provide functionalities together with terrestrial network components dynamically and according to demand. The holistic approach required for this opens up space for innovations that go beyond the possibilities of the 3GPP 5G-NTN approach by exploiting the full potential of flying network components.
Classes of network nodes include IoT/end-user devices, terrestrial access nodes, and 3D components such as Low Altitude Platforms (LAPS), High Altitude Platforms (HAPS), and satellites with their specific characteristics. A 6G system will connect these network components in a highly flexible, autonomous, where necessary infrastructure-independent way.