Ericsson announced on Friday that it has signed a long-term cooperation agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) for joint research in technology areas such as AI and edge computing that will contribute to the development of 6G.
Ericsson and IIT Kharagpur have signed two agreements that will enable researchers from both institutions to “push the boundaries of basic and applied research in the wireless field.”
Some of the planned research initiatives include resource optimization, dynamic observability, and sustainable distributed and edge computing technologies. Another notable effort is exploring causal AI techniques for collaborative communications and sensing (JCAS), including RL-based beamforming.
Ericsson said that compute offloading needs to be managed dynamically at the edge, and that policies will be primarily driven by AI, with AI and computing research to help make 6G networks faster and more efficient. Said to be useful for 6G.
The cooperation agreement with IIT Kharagpur comes months after Ericsson established an ‘India 6G’ research team at its Research and Development Center in Chennai to complement global efforts in developing 6G technology.
Virendra Kumar Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur, said the collaboration with Ericsson will further strengthen efforts to make India a hub of innovation.
“In the 6G era, IIT Kharagpur aims to contribute in radio access technologies and networks, core networks, RF and device technologies, VLSI design, neuromorphic signal processing, services and applications,” he said in a statement. . “The institute also looks forward to participating in the telecommunications standardization process, testbed development, prototype development and commercialization, as well as training and human resource development.”
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has announced that it will implement ‘Bharat 6G’ from 2021 with the aim of ensuring that India-specific requirements (broadcast as affordability, sustainability, ubiquitous connectivity and intelligence) are included. We have laid the foundation for 6G development under the program. This is the global IMT-2030 6G standard that will eventually be born by the International Telecommunication Union around 2030.
