Telecom gear maker Ericsson announced the launch of its ‘India 6G’ program with the formation of an India 6G Research team in its Chennai R&D Center. Ericsson has three R&D Centers in India: in Chennai, Bengaluru and Gurgaon. This ‘India 6G’ team comprises senior research leaders and a team of experienced researchers across Radio, Networks, AI and Cloud, who have been entrusted with developing fundamental solutions for the future of telecommunications, the company said in a statement.
Ericsson India research team will work collaboratively with its research teams in Sweden and the US to develop the technology which will help to deliver a cyber-physical continuum where networks will deliver critical services, immersive communications, omnipresent IoT while ensuring the integrity of the delivered information. The 6G research team in India will develop novel solutions in collaboration with Ericsson Global Research teams. Some of the projects where the teams will be working, the company added, include, Channel Modelling and Hybrid Beamforming, Low energy Networks, Cloud evolution & Sustainable compute, Trustworthy, Explainable and bias-free AI algorithms, Autonomous agents for Intent Management Functions, Integrated sensing and communication functions for man-machine continuum and Compute offload to Edge-Computing cloud amongst others.
“By establishing a dedicated 6G research team for in-country research, contextual to India’s need and collaborating with the world class research programs across international research labs, we look forward to incorporating the needs of India into the mainstream of telecommunication technology evolution, said Magnus Frodigh, Head of Research, Ericsson .
Ericsson is partnering with premier institutes in India for Radio, AI and Cloud research, the most recent being a 5-year partnership with Indian Institute of Technology Madras’ (IIT Madras) Centre for Responsible AI (CeRAI) that was signed in September 2023. Ericsson is also looking to partner with other premier engineering institutes in India for 6G related research.
Ericsson envisions a 6G network platform which connects humans and machines and is able to fully merge physical and digital worlds to allow seamless interaction and immersive experiences. “Our views on 6G are aligned with the views of ubiquitous connectivity, sustainable networks and affordable communications from Bharat 6G vision statement of the Government of India,” said Nitin Bansal, Head of Ericsson India.
Ericsson has been present in India since 1903 and the Ericsson Research team was established in 2010. It is a global 5G leader and powers 155 live 5G networks across 66 countries globally.