'Strengthening 6G Leadership' LG Electronics Announces Wireless Transceiver Technology

Participation in the 'Korea Science and Technology Expo'
Jointly Developed Power Amplifier Device with Germany's Fraunhofer Institute Unveiled

[Asia Economy Reporter Minyoung Cha] Globally strengthening 6G leadership, LG Electronics will showcase its 6G wireless transceiver research and development (R&D) achievements at the ‘Korea Science and Technology Exhibition.’

LG Electronics announced on the 22nd that it will participate in the ‘2021 Korea Science and Technology Exhibition,’ held for three days until the 24th at KINTEX in Ilsan, hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT and organized by the National Research Foundation of Korea and the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity.

LG Electronics has prepared an exhibition space in the ‘Advanced Strategic Technology Special Zone’ to demonstrate its representative 6G wireless transceiver R&D achievements. At this event, LG Electronics will publicly unveil for the first time the power amplifier device jointly developed with the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany.

Earlier, LG Electronics succeeded in outdoor 100m wireless data transmission and reception in the 6G terahertz (THz) band in Berlin, Germany, last August using the said power amplifier. Ultra-wideband frequencies like 6G THz have short frequency reach and experience significant power loss during antenna transmission and reception, making power amplifier development a major obstacle.

LG Electronics will also demonstrate ‘variable beamforming’ technology, which changes beam direction according to channel variations and receiver location, in collaboration with Keysight, a global wireless communication test and measurement equipment manufacturer. Earlier this year, Keysight signed a ‘6G Core Technology Development and Testing Cooperation’ agreement with LG Electronics and KAIST, providing test equipment to the LG-KAIST 6G Research Center and others.

LG Electronics will showcase full-duplex (FDR) technology that allows simultaneous transmission and reception on the same frequency band. It has achieved twice the frequency transmission efficiency compared to existing technologies in the 6G full-duplex field. This is world-class technology minimizing internal signal interference.

6G mobile communication is expected to begin standardization discussions around 2025 and reach commercialization by 2029. It will support faster wireless transmission speeds, low latency, and high reliability compared to 5G. It is regarded as a means to enable the Artificial Intelligence of Everything (AIoE), where people, objects, and spaces are closely and organically connected, attracting global companies.

LG Electronics is also accelerating the securing of core 6G source technologies. Following the establishment of the ‘LG-KAIST 6G Research Center’ with KAIST in 2019, it was selected as the chair company of the ‘Next G Alliance’ organized by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) in the U.S. this June. It is expected to play a key role in future discussions on advanced 6G technologies and service directions.

Kim Byung-hoon, CTO of LG Electronics, emphasized, “At this event, we revealed world-class achievements in 6G-related technology development, proving our global leading technological capabilities,” adding, “We will continue to expand cooperation with research institutions and companies equipped with domestic and international 6G R&D capabilities to lead global 6G technology development.”

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