SK Telecom (SKT) has entered into an agreement with Nokia, NTT Docomo and its parent company to expand the scope and scale of AI-powered air interface testing and validation and consider a broader range of business use cases. Joined an ongoing 6G partnership.
SKT explained in a statement that AI air interface is an important next-generation technology with the potential to improve network performance while improving energy efficiency in future 6G networks.
The four companies have developed proof-of-concept systems and will test them using selected use cases and scenarios.
Over-the-air validation tests are conducted in the laboratory or outdoors to simulate real-world network results.
The group is working on improving the performance of AI models using data generated through real networks or simulations, which it says is key in developing the industry’s best air interface platform training models. I am.
They will be showing a proof-of-concept video demonstration next week at the SKT stand at MWC Barcelona 2024.
Docomo and NTT have detailed plans to jointly test next-generation mobile technologies with Nokia, NEC and Fujitsu in 2022, focusing on sub-terahertz spectrum and AI-enabled interfaces.
In 2023, Nokia and two carriers claimed advances in AI-based air interfaces and increasing capacity in sub-THz spectrum.
