Info Image

SK Telecom, Samsung Partner on mmWave-5G Development

SK Telecom, Samsung Partner on mmWave-5G Development Image Credit: Samsung

In partnership with Samsung, South Korea's largest mobile operator, SK Telecom announced that it has successfully completed the development of a millimeter-wave (mmWave) system for research and development purposes. As a core technology for 5G technology, the milimeter-wave system will allow both companies to test, verify and improve wireless transmission performance between base stations and handsets.

At this year's MWC, both companies have jointly demonstrated an ultra-fast transmission speed of 7.55Gbps through ‘3D Beamforming', a technology for transmission of massive data in millimeter-wave frequency bands, and displayed a robot that is remotely controlled by a human wearing an exoskeleton. As one of the key 5G enabling technologies, mmWave technology uses 30GHz or higher frequency bands to deliver significantly faster data transmission speeds. Due to saturation and fragmentation of frequency bands below 6GHz being used today for mobile telecommunications, mobile operators expect mmWave technologies that allow for the utilization of wide bandwidth in the higher frequency bands to help them open the 5G era earlier.

SK Telecom and Samsung have been working together since October 2014 to develop technologies that will enable the use of spectrum above 6GHz, which are considered difficult for use in cellular communications due to high propagation loss.

Alex Jinsung Choi, CTO, Executive Vice President and Head of SK Telecom's Corporate R&D Center
Through close collaboration with a global ICT player Samsung Electronics, SK Telecom is pleased to launch the mmWave system where we can develop and verify mmWave technologies. SK Telecom and Samsung Electronics will further strengthen joint R&D efforts to lead the upcoming 5G era.

Cheun Kyung-whoon, Executive Vice of DMC R&D Center at Samsung Electronics
Through long-standing collaboration with the Korea’s largest mobile operator SK Telecom, Samsung Electronics has been developing the most advanced telecommunication systems. We will continue to work closely with SK Telecom to lead the development of 5G technologies.

Author

Ray is a news editor at The Fast Mode, bringing with him more than 10 years of experience in the wireless industry.

For tips and feedback, email Ray at ray.sharma(at)thefastmode.com, or reach him on LinkedIn @raysharma10, Facebook @1RaySharma

PREVIOUS POST

Amdocs' Latest CEM Release Intros Online Commerce, Big Data Marketing & Network Analytics

NEXT POST

Juniper Networks' SDN-ready MX Platform to Power Telefonica's Converged IP Network