X
Tech

​South Korea develops 5G, Wi-Fi auto steering tech

The technology developed by South Korea's ETRI will have 5G network automatically steering users to Wi-Fi connection depending on traffic and quality of service.
Written by Cho Mu-Hyun, Contributing Writer

South Korea's Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) has developed a core network technology that allows a 5G network to automatically steer users to Wi-Fi.

The government-backed institute said it has filed 30 patents locally and globally in core technology that allows access traffic steering and switching.

Currently, 4G LTE, 3G, and fixed-line networks are operated separately and users determine which network to use, usually in the form of an automatic setting in their smartphones.

This causes disconnection and delays when users watch videos on their smartphones when it switches from LTE to Wi-Fi.

ETRI's technology will automatically steer traffic from 5G to Wi-Fi or vice versa depending on traffic and quality of service and users won't have to select access points. It also disperses traffic between services to maintain optimal speed.

Users won't face the same delays and disconnection they experience in current networks, the institute said, adding that it has been researching the technology since 2015.

3GPP, the global network standard setting body, has laid out the technology for access traffic steering, switching, splitting, (ATSSS), only in concept.

The standardisation process is set to begin in June and be completed by 2020.

ETRI's technology includes steering, which chooses the optimal access point automatically, and switching, which reconfigures a specific data flow to a specific access point.

South Korea is gearing up for 5G spectrum auction in June this year and plans to commercialise the network by next year.

Australia is also planning an auction in the same period.

PREVIOUS AND RELATED COVERAGE

<="" p="" rel="follow">

    <="" p="" rel="follow"> <="" p="" rel="follow">

<="" p="" rel="follow">

<="" p="" rel="follow"> <="" p="" rel="follow">Top 5G announcements from MWC 2018

We round up the biggest announcements on 5G made during MWC 2018 in Barcelona this week.

Huawei announces 5G trial in Vancouver

Huawei has announced attaining single-user speeds of 2Gbps during trials of 5G customer premises equipment with Telus in Vancouver, using mmWave spectrum, Massive MIMO, F-OFDM, and polar coding.

ZTE unveils 5G network slicing solution

ZTE has announced the launch of its cloud-based end-to-end 5G network slicing solution.

Toyota to form $2.8 billion autonomous vehicle research venture

The new joint venture will focus on self-driving technology development.

South Korea 'robot tax' is no tax at all; it's a warning of looming automation crisis(TechRepublic)

The South Korean government recently announced plans to reduce a tax incentive for businesses investing in automation. While it aims to help human workers, it sends mixed signals.

Editorial standards