Samsung Electronics and SK Telecom (SKT) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop core 6G applied sciences, with a main deal with synthetic intelligence-based radio entry community (AI-RAN) know-how.
The corporations will develop and take a look at key applied sciences for the 6G period together with AI-based channel estimation, distributed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission, AI-RAN-based schedulers and core community architectures.
Samsung Research of Samsung and Network Technology Office of SKT will lead the collaboration.
AI-based channel estimation predicts and corrects sign transmission in actual time, enhancing community efficiency by enabling sooner, extra correct knowledge supply in environments the place radio waves are distorted by obstacles akin to buildings or partitions.
Unlike conventional architectures the place a single base station handles knowledge processing, distributed MIMO know-how permits a number of base stations or antennas to work collectively to transmit and obtain knowledge. This method helps dependable, ultra-high-speed communication throughout each city and rural areas.
AI-RAN schedulers and AI-based core networks decide when, the place and the way to ship knowledge, guaranteeing environment friendly useful resource allocation even when many person units are linked. These applied sciences are key to enhancing community high quality and driving automation in a future hyperconnected society.
Through this partnership, Samsung Research will develop AI-RAN applied sciences together with AI-based channel estimation fashions, schedulers and distributed MIMO. SKT will lead knowledge provision and take a look at infrastructure setup primarily based on its nationwide community operations.
The corporations are additionally collaborating as members of the AI-RAN Alliance. They collectively proposed an AI-based channel estimation know-how that was formally permitted as a piece merchandise. This month, they offered their analysis outcomes on the alliance’s all-member assembly, persevering with their joint efforts.
“Through field-focused collaboration with SKT, we will be able to verify the effectiveness of AI-based wireless technologies in real-world settings and secure key AI-RAN technologies at an early stage,” stated JinGuk Jeong, Executive Vice President and Head of Advanced Communications Research Center (ACRC), Samsung Research at Samsung Electronics. “We hope that continued collaboration between our companies will help pave the way for the rollout of 6G.”
“The convergence of AI and wireless communications will be crucial to 6G competitiveness,” stated Takki Yu, Vice President of SK Telecom Network Technology Office. “Through our collaboration with Samsung Electronics, we plan to secure world-class AI-RAN-based 6G technologies and lead the global 6G ecosystem.”
Since establishing the ACRC in 2019, Samsung has pursued full-scale 6G analysis and printed the 6G White Paper and 6G Spectrum White Paper — presenting its imaginative and prescient and route for next-generation communications. At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025 in Barcelona, the corporate showcased a variety of demonstrations in collaboration with the AI-RAN Alliance. Following final 12 months, Samsung once more hosted the Silicon Valley Future Wireless Summit in November to advance AI-RAN analysis and strengthen business collaboration.
