Korea Information & Communication (TTA) announced that the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), a global mobile communication standardization organization, held a technology general meeting and approved the detailed research items for the sixth generation (6G) mobile communication on the 17th.
According to TTA, research items regarding 6G system architecture and wireless access network technology were determined through the 3GPP technology general meeting held in Prague, Czech Republic, from 9th to 15th. TTA noted, 'The blueprint for the 6G standard has been drawn.'
3GPP is a standardization organization that designs 6G networks that will be AI neural networks. Specifically, the structure for the 6G system was defined at this general meeting. Additionally, research topics were identified for ▲consolidation for the spread of AI services like AI agents ▲a framework for managing the 'data' core of AI ▲connectivity with satellite communications ▲edge computing and other distributed computing resources.
The new 6G wireless access network will be based on Stand Alone mode, allowing efficient sharing of frequency bands with the 5G wireless network, and an agreement was reached to study effective wireless interface structures and procedures for transmitting various types of data, such as AI and sensing.
Research items proposed by the domestic industry as core functions of 6G include ▲AI services ▲data frameworks ▲computing resource management ▲sensing ▲connectivity for non-terrestrial networks. Additionally, core technologies from the domestic industry, such as wireless access network security technologies for protection against external attacks, energy efficiency improvement studies, and massive multiple-input and multiple-output antenna technologies for performance enhancement and coverage expansion, were adopted as research items. TTA stated, 'We expect to gain a favorable position in the market from the early stages of 6G, and the significance of creating opportunities for domestic industry to reflect energy-saving technologies and AI-based network automation technologies in future 6G standard patents is substantial.'
During this 3GPP technology general meeting, Kim Yoon-sun, the chair of the wireless access network general meeting (affiliated with Samsung Electronics), and Kim Rae-young, the vice chair of the service and system general meeting (affiliated with LG Electronics), played a role in coordinating complex interests in the process of confirming the 6G research items.
Son Seung-hyun, the chair of TTA, said, '6G is a real-time execution platform that operates AI,' adding that 'securing the 6G standard is essential as a foundation for realizing the national AI strategy, and we will continue to expand support for standard activities linked to national R&D.'