6G Race Heats Up: SK Telecom Grabs Early Lead with Intel Collaboration
- By CDOTrends editors
- February 24, 2024
Leading South Korean telco SK Telecom has announced that, in collaboration with Intel, it has successfully developed technology to reduce communication delays necessary for the evolution of 6G Core Architecture.
Inline Service Mesh, a technology the two companies developed utilizing Intel Xeon processors with built-in AI, can increase the communication speed within the Core network by reducing latency between unit functions without a Proxy.
AI, which requires a large amount of computation, can be applied to the Core network in a broader variety of models through this development.
The two companies claim to be able to reduce communication delays by 70% and increase service efficiency by 33% in the Core network through the application of the 6G Core Architecture.
SKT has already commercialized a technology that reduces wireless resources by 40% and improves connectivity by analyzing the movement patterns of real users in real time.
SKT aims to apply the results of this study to commercial equipment next year. A technical white paper has been published that describes the technology, development process and benefits.
Based on the results of this study, the two companies plan to continue research and development for traffic processing improvement technologies incorporating AI technology in various areas of the Core network.
"We have made another technical achievement through continuous technology development cooperation with Intel to secure leadership in 6G," said Yu Takki, vice president and head of infra tech at SKT.
"We will continue our research and make efforts to commercialize AI-based 6G Core Architecture.”
The Core network is the gateway through which all voice and data traffic generated from a customer's mobile device passes through to access the Internet network.
It is a mobile communication service system responsible for security and service quality through the interconnection of various systems.
SKT and Intel have been collaborating on the development of key wired and wireless mobile communication technologies for the past 10 years.
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