Ericsson India forms dedicated 6G team for in-country research

Ericsson has launched the 'India 6G' program to expedite the development of the technology in the country. The company has established a dedicated 6G research team in its Chennai R&D Center to develop novel solutions in collaboration with Ericsson Global Research teams.

"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.

This India 6G team includes 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 team will be working on several projects including:

• Channel Modelling and Hybrid Beamforming
• Low energy Network
• Cloud evolution and 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

Last month, Ericsson announced a 5-year partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) Centre for Responsible AI (CeRAI) for research on Radio, AI and Cloud. The company is now looking to partner with other premier engineering institutes in the country for 6G-related research.

"Based on the work being done by Indian researchers and the global teams, Ericsson in India is well poised to usher in the “India 6G” era in collaboration with the government, universities and the industry ecosystem in India," said Nitin Bansal, Head of Ericsson India.