KT Collaborates on AI Safety Control for Korea New Deal's First Partnership

[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] On the 15th, KT showcased the ‘KT GigaSafe SOC Solution’ built in Hanam City for cooperation in the ‘Social Overhead Capital (SOC) Digitalization’ project of the Korean New Deal during the Deputy Prime Minister’s on-site visit event.

To support the success of the Korean New Deal and the rapid execution of Korea’s great transformation, KT established and has been operating since the 6th a ‘Korean New Deal Cooperation TF’ organization with over 200 employees participating across various fields such as networks, 5G, AI, and big data. KT GigaSafe SOC is the only infrastructure-type facility safety/disaster response solution in Korea that monitors and controls the risk of collapse of aging facilities in real time through optical cables and sensors installed by KT. It provides ▲facility measurement control ▲leakage/leak detection ▲intelligent analysis functions.

‘Facility Measurement Control’ is a building safety control function that measures the movement of facilities in real time through KT’s optical cable wireless sensing technology and immediately notifies the manager if the threshold is exceeded. Measurement values are calculated every 10 minutes for maximum, minimum, and average values and stored in the cloud. Measurement statistics can be checked by each sensor and period, and even in the event of wide-area disasters such as earthquakes, real-time monitoring of the entire affected area is possible. ‘Leakage/Leak Detection’ uses optical acoustic sensing technology to detect leaks in water pipes near KT’s underground communication conduits or the risk of perforation due to excavation work in advance and notifies the manager.

The ‘Intelligent Analysis’ function is a predictive service that statistically processes large volumes of measurement data through AI technology on a dedicated big data platform based on KT Cloud and analyzes it to inform the timing for facility repair and reinforcement. It accumulates data such as cracks, acceleration, temperature, and tilt of aging buildings, analyzes correlations, and instead of relying on some experts’ experience for changes due to seasons or vibrations, machine learning predicts and notifies the manager.

KT, which owns 320 nationwide stations equipped with optical sensing aggregation equipment and 780,000 km of optical network, first developed the ‘GigaSafe SOC’ solution in 2017, commercialized it in 2018, and currently provides services to over 60 facilities nationwide. Going forward, KT plans to advance AI analysis technology and strengthen prediction based on digital twins and 3D modeling to provide more accurate real-time safety management solutions.

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