SK Telecom Presents Technical Standards for Four Core 5G Areas, Successfully Adopted in Succession
Published2016.11.28 06:32Only Domestic Telecom Operator Participating in '5G Global Collaboration Group' Active Global Cooperation
The core 5G technical standards proposed by the '5G Global Collaboration Group'* comprising SK Telecom, AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, and 15 other global telecommunications and equipment companies have been adopted by 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project), the world's mobile communications standardization body.
With this, 5G standardization work is assessed to have surpassed the 70 percent mark. At a time when international concerns are heightened regarding fragmentation of the 5G ecosystem due to recent diverse 5G standard announcements, SK Telecom's leadership in standardization based on the Global Collaboration Group is drawing attention.
The 5G Global Collaboration Group formed the '5G Global Joint Collaboration Group' last August with 15 companies including global mobile communications and equipment providers such as AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Nokia, and Samsung for 5G standardization, and SK Telecom is the only domestic telecommunications provider participating in it.
▲5G Global Collaboration Group in which SK Telecom is participating
SK Telecom announced on the 27th that through cooperation among the '5G Global Collaboration Group' formed in August, it has successively proposed and achieved adoption of unified technical standards in four areas: data transmission, virtual networks, and data response latency.
The technical standards proposed by the '5G Global Collaboration Group' include ▲technology to minimize errors in the process of high-capacity data transmission ▲technology to partition a single physical network into multiple virtual networks according to service characteristics ▲technology to enhance perceived service quality by improving data request response speed ▲technology to enhance efficiency by configuring networks with only essential functions tailored to services, etc., and are evaluated as the most important framework to bring out the characteristics of 5G.
The '5G Global Collaboration Group' plans to move away from fragmented 5G development and discuss and agree on 5G technology from the perspectives of future commercialization and subsequent evolution, reflecting these in 3GPP, the international official mobile communications standardization body.
Meanwhile, SK Telecom is also leading 5G technology innovation at NGMN (Next Generation Mobile Networks), an international standardization body that discusses the blueprint for next-generation networks and defines new service requirements. NGMN is an organization that leads standardization discussions and cooperation for next-generation network infrastructure, service platforms, and terminals from the perspective of mobile communications operators and users.
SK Telecom was elected as the chairperson of NGMN in 2012 and led LTE-A standardization. To promote early commercialization of 5G, it was elected as the leader of the 5G Trial and Testing Initiative* established this year, and is taking the lead in creating a 5G equipment development ecosystem by standardizing interoperability verification between equipment such as terminals-base stations, core-base stations, and 4G-5G connections, which are the most critical aspects of 5G commercialization.
Park Jin-hyo, Head of Network Technology at SK Telecom, emphasized, "While leading 5G standard specification through the Global Collaboration Group, we plan to promote commercialization of 5G innovative technology together with major global equipment and chipset manufacturers."
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