SK Telecom (SKT) and semiconductor giant Intel have collaborated to develop technology that is believed to enable very low-latency interactions in 6G core architectures and improve service efficiency.
Influential Korean carriers I got it. As AI-enabled automation is introduced to the 6G core platform and security and flexibility requirements are increased, the core platform becomes more complex and may be hampered by the amount and nature of the tasks it needs to perform. The result is delayed interactions and a poor customer experience.
To address these challenges, SKT and Intel, who have already been collaborating on research and development of various technologies for a decade, are developing a technology called Inline Service Mesh that uses Intel’s Xeon processors with built-in AI. has been developed. The telco claims the solution “can increase communication speeds within the core network by reducing latency” between internal core functions.
With this innovation, SKT will [core processing] Applying an inline service mesh reduces communication latency in the core network by 70% and improves service efficiency by 33%. The development will also allow computational resource-intensive AI to be applied to the core network “in a broader range of models,” the operator said.
Dan Rodriguez, Corporate VP, Intel Network and Edge Solutions Group, said: “By leveraging the latest Intel Xeon processors with built-in AI capabilities, we can drive improvements in both performance and efficiency that will be essential for future core networks.”
AI has been heralded as one of three “megatrends” shaping the next generation of wireless connectivity. SK Telecom emphasizes three “megatrends” in the 6G era.
SKT plans to introduce inline service mesh technology to commercial platforms starting in 2025 (ahead of the 6G era) and will continue to collaborate with Intel on efforts to further improve the efficiency of its core platform with AI. According to Yu Takki, vice president and head of infrastructure technology at SKT, the move is part of his continued technology development partnership with Intel to “secure leadership in 6G.”
South Korea and the United States have fostered increasingly close ties on the development of next-generation communications technologies such as AI, 6G, and open RAN. issued a joint statement It will be effective in September 2023.
– Yanitsa Boyadzhieva, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of TelecomTV
