SK Telecom Co., a major mobile carrier in South Korea, has successfully collaborated with global telecommunications giants to prove the effectiveness of artificial intelligence technology in improving network performance and energy efficiency, and has announced that it will A step forward towards the dawn of the network era.
The company on Thursday partnered with NTT Docomo, NTT Corp and Nokia to develop 6G AI Native Air Interface (AI-AI), a next-generation technology expected to significantly improve network performance while increasing energy. It was announced that. efficiency.
Air interface is a specification for wireless transmission between a transmitter and a receiver.
AI-AI is an air interface that uses machine learning to enable radios to learn their surrounding environment and automatically make more efficient use of the available spectrum.
It is considered a key component of 6G networking, and global carriers are rushing to develop 6G AI-AI.
SK Telecom announced that its 6G AI-AI technology will improve mobile communication speed by more than 10% on average.
The four partner companies will demonstrate the latest results of 6G AI-AI testing at the SK Telecom booth at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain from February 26th to 29th.
Since SK Telecom entered into a strategic alliance with NTT Docomo in 2022, we have cooperated in the development of 6G networking technology and the formulation of related global standards.
According to SK Telecom, the four companies will continue joint research on mobile network technology applying AI in preparation for the 6G networking era.
Yu Takki, vice president and head of infrastructure technology at SK Telecom, said, “This milestone marks an important step forward in the joint effort to develop 6G core technology involving technology leaders from South Korea, Japan, Europe, and the United States. means,” he said.
“SK Telecom will maintain its research and development momentum in applying AI technology to network infrastructure and move forward towards becoming a global AI company.”
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