Keysight helped the Korean electronics giant to demonstrate a 6G radio frequency (RF) front-end (RFFE) module.
The demonstration, which took place in late December, at the 2021 Korea Science and Technology Exhibition in Ilsan, leveraged Keysight’s 6G R&D testbed and LG’s 6G radio front-end transceiver to generate terabit data wireless transmissions.
Keysight’s 6G testbed supports a scalable number of frequency bands and ultra-wide bandwidths, which enables wireless companies to conduct 6G sub-THz channel sounding research and evaluate candidate 6G waveforms.
The demonstration follows a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the two companies in early 2021 to collaborate on the standardization and commercialization phase of 6G mobile communication.
Sun-Woo Lee, president of Keysight in Korea said: “Keysight’s cross-domain expertise and multi-disciplinary capabilities enable early research into 6G, which is expected to be built on terabit communication speeds, artificial intelligence (AI), cloud-native IoT applications, non-terrestrial networks, holographic technology and new end-to-end security paradigms.”
According to Keysight, many 6G applications and use cases depend on short-range connectivity using higher data rates than those transmitted by 5G networks. This is driving the need for wide bandwidths at sub-THz frequencies above 100GHz.
Keysight said its 6G testbed delivers low residual error vector magnitude (EVM) across ultra-wide modulation bandwidths resulting in accurate EVM performance assessments of sub-THz systems, transceivers and components. This enables researchers to create designs that deliver the high performance required to support future 6G use cases, the company said.
“Keysight’s expertise in test, emulation and optimization, coupled with their ability to create essential linkages between supportive 6G technologies, helps LG Electronics to bring innovations to life – from idea to design, development, manufacturing, deployment and operation,” said Yeongho Je, vice president and head of communication and the media standard lab at LG. “These innovations support the industry’s 6G vision, which includes creating a more sustainably connected world.”