SK Telecom announced that it has collaborated with Intel to successfully develop technology to reduce communication delays required for the evolution of 6G core architecture.
The core network is the gateway through which all voice and data traffic generated by customers’ mobile devices passes to access the Internet network. A mobile communication service system that is responsible for security and service quality by interconnecting various systems.
6G core architecture requires greater flexibility and security than previous generations of communications, and is required to incorporate intelligent and automation technologies to provide customers with stable AI service quality and technology.
With the development of core network technology, the variety of systems that make up the network and the detailed functions that provide various services are also increasing explosively. As network complexity increases, the process of sending and receiving messages is frequently recreated. As a result, communication delays will increase compared to conventional methods. These constraints are difficult to meet with the existing communication standard technology (service communication proxy) for interconnecting unit functions within the core network.
Inline service mesh is a technology developed by the companies that leverages Intel Xeon processors with embedded AI to increase communication speeds within the core network by reducing latency between unit functions without proxies. can.
This technology development will enable computationally intensive AI to be applied to core networks in a broader range of models. SKT has already commercialized technology that reduces wireless resources by 40% and improves connectivity through real-time analysis of actual user movement patterns. Through this partnership, the two companies will be able to reduce communication delay in the core network by 70% and improve service efficiency by 33% by applying 6G core architecture.
SKT aims to apply the research results to commercial equipment next year. A technical white paper has been published that describes the technology, development process, and benefits.
SKT and Intel have been collaborating for the past decade on research to develop key wired and wireless mobile communications technologies. Based on the results of this research, both companies plan to continue research and development of traffic processing improvement technology that incorporates AI technology in each area of the core network.
Yu Takki, Vice President and Head of Infrastructure Technology, SKT
To ensure our leadership in 6G, we have achieved new technological achievements through our continued technology development collaboration with Intel. We will continue our research and work towards the commercialization of AI-based 6G core architecture.
Dan Rodriguez, Corporate Vice President, Intel Network & Edge Solutions Group
Our research and development efforts with SK Telecom continue to deliver innovations that are being deployed by communications service providers around the world. By leveraging the latest Intel Xeon processors with built-in AI capabilities, we can drive both performance and efficiency improvements that will be critical to future core networks.
