R&D on 6G Launched
LG Electronics has signed a business agreement with the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) to develop 6G mobile communication technology.
The agreement was signed at the KRISS Headquarters located in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon on Aug. 12 with the attendance of Park Hyun-min, president of the KRISS, Cho Dong-ho, director of the LG-KAIST 6G Research Center at the KAIST, and Kim Byung-hoon, director of LG Electronics' C&M Standard Research Institute.
The three organizations will cooperate in the whole 6G R&D process ranging from technology development to verification.
These organizations are planning to secure global technology leadership by developing original technologies, establishing and operating infrastructure, discovering frequencies, and analyzing the characteristics of channels among others.
6G is a next-generation mobile communication technology expected to be commercialized in 2029. The new mobile technology is expected to usher in the era of the ambient internet of everything (AIoE) in which people, objects, and spaces are organically connected.
The core of 6G mobile communications is THz wireless transmission and reception technology, which enables up to one terabit-per-second (Tbps) data transmission by utilizing frequency bands ranging from 0.1 to several THz.
LG Electronics established the LG-KAIST 6G Research Center with the KAIST in January 2019 and is conducting prior research and development on core technologies for 6G mobile communications. In particular, the center is currently developing a number of core technologies for 6G including terahertz wireless transmission and reception.