Lee Sang-yeob, left, chief technology officer of LG Uplus, and Chung Jin-guk, head of the Advanced Communications Research Center at Samsung Research, hold up a memorandum of understanding at LG Science Park in Seoul, Wednesday. Courtesy of LG Uplus
LG Uplus and Samsung Electronics are joining forces to test technologies that could redefine what mobile networks do in the 6G era, turning communications infrastructure into systems capable of sensing and interpreting the physical world around them.
LG Uplus said Friday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Samsung Electronics to jointly research integrated sensing and communication technology (ISAC), along with artificial intelligence (AI)-linked 6G applications.
The partnership brings together Samsung Research, Samsung Electronics’ advanced research and development division, and LG Uplus’ commercial network operation capabilities to test whether next-generation technologies developed in laboratories can function reliably in real-world telecommunications environments.
The companies said the collaboration would focus on base station-based sensing technologies and AI-connected 6G systems, with the longer-term goal of contributing to future 6G standards and new commercial services.
ISAC technology allows telecommunications infrastructure, including mobile base stations, to function as sensors capable of recognizing surrounding environments while simultaneously transmitting data.
The technology has emerged as one of the most closely watched concepts in the race toward 6G commercialization because it could expand networks beyond communications into areas such as mobility, safety and smart infrastructure.
LG Uplus previously identified ISAC as a core pillar of future 6G networks in a white paper released last year.
Lee Sang-yeob, chief technology officer and executive vice president at LG Uplus, said the effectiveness of future communications technologies would depend on how successfully they operate in live network environments.
“Through cooperation with Samsung Research, we will verify and test technologies from the perspective of a telecommunications operator and steadily strengthen our competitiveness in future communications technologies,” Lee said.
Source: Korea Times News
