Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur and Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) recently entered into a long-term collaboration for joint research in the areas of AI, computing, and wireless. Under this partnership, two important agreements were signed, allowing researchers from both institutions to collaborate on advancing innovative AI and distributed computing technologies for his 6G research.
A symposium on wireless and networking research was held at GS Sanyal School of Telecommunications (GSSST) with the participation of leaders from Ericsson Research and IIT Kharagpur to discuss developments and advances for the future of networking and communications.
AI and Compute Research will benefit Ericsson’s 6G network as compute offloads need to be dynamically managed at the edge and policies are primarily driven by AI.
These research themes align well with IIT Kharagpur, and both organizations see this partnership as a way to push the boundaries of basic and applied research in the wireless field.
“In our efforts towards Digital India and making India a hub of innovation, this collaboration with Ericsson is highly effective for next-generation technologies. In the 6G era, IIT Kharagpur specializes in Radio Access Technologies and Networks, Core Networks, RF and Device Technologies, VLSI Design, Neuromorphic Signal Processing, Services and Applications. We aim to contribute to the future,” said Virendra Kumar Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur.
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. This collaborative research partnership in fundamental and translational research will transform our future network platform. ” he added.
Paving the way for future network platforms and 6G innovation
“This partnership strengthens our research and development efforts in India and is critical for radio, computing and AI research. We are excited to partner with IIT Kharagpur and look forward to joint research and We look forward to translational research on future network platforms.” Dr. Frodi also described Ericsson’s vision for 6G, which aims to merge the physical and digital worlds, and connect humans via digital twins. By incorporating extensive sensor-based communication between machines and machines, we have made it possible to improve the quality of life,” said Dr. Magnus Frodi, Head of Ericsson. Explore and study the partnership between IIT Kharagpur and Ericsson in detail.
“Ericsson is poised to lead in 6G innovation and in line with our India commitment, we are making significant R&D investments in India. Given our 5G and technology leadership, our research initiatives , we aim to provide an affordable network platform for ubiquitous connectivity across the country,” said Nitin Bansal, Managing Director, Ericsson India.
Key initiatives finalized by both organizations include:
1. Compute Offloading and Resource Optimization in Edge Computing: This project aims to explore resource optimization, dynamic observability, sustainable distributed computing and edge computing technologies. That’s what I mean.
2. RL-Based Beamforming for JCAS: Secure, Causal, and Verifiable: This project aims to explore causal AI techniques for collaborative communications and sensing (JCAS).
