SKT가 노키아와 유선망 AI 모니터링 기술 ‘파이버 센싱’을 실증 및 상용화하기 위한 업무협약(MOU)을 12일 체결했다.
Tracking the impact of weather, earthquakes, construction, etc. on optical lines
Immediately available on existing networks… No distance restrictions, easy to apply to backbone networks
SKT signed a business agreement (MOU) with Nokia on the 12th to verify and commercialize 'Fiber Sensing', an AI monitoring technology for wired networks.
At the signing ceremony held at SKT headquarters in Euljiro, Seoul on the afternoon of the 7th, officials from both companies, including Ryu Jeong-hwan, head of SK Telecom’s infrastructure strategy technology CT, and John Harrington, president of Nokia Asia Pacific, attended and discussed future cooperation plans.
The 'fiber sensing' technology, which the two companies are aiming to commercialize domestically for the first time within the year, is a technology that detects various environments that can affect wired network optical cables. When transmitting data through an optical cable, the phase of the cable changes sensitively depending on the surrounding environment, and by monitoring this phase change, damage to the wired network or impacts applied to the surrounding area can be detected.
This explains that by doing so, it is possible to detect unexpected situations such as earthquakes, climate change (strong winds, heavy rain, ocean currents, etc.), and construction around the power grid (shortening of wires by excavators, road construction, etc.) and stabilize the power grid in advance.
The two companies will accumulate machine learning-based verification data on SKT's commercial network. 'Fiber Sensing' technology can be used for data learning using existing wired network line equipment. Additionally, while some existing wired network monitoring technologies have limitations in the distance they can detect, ‘fiber sensing’ has no distance limitations and can be quickly applied to major backbone networks.
SKT will introduce 'fiber sensing' to its nationwide wired network and establish an intelligent preemptive response system to minimize damage caused by line breaks at construction sites. It is expected that this will enable the provision of uninterrupted services by preventing service disruptions caused by sudden accidents in advance.
Ryu Jeong-hwan, head of SK Telecom’s infrastructure strategy technology CT, said, “We have combined the capabilities of both companies to quickly internalize new AI-based technologies,” and “We will continue to strive to secure advanced technological capabilities to prepare for the AI era, where advanced wired network infrastructure is essential.”
“We hope to apply Nokia sensing technology to AI-based automated networks starting with this MOU,” said John Harrington, President of Nokia Asia Pacific. “We will work together to proactively detect and respond to on-site situations to provide stable services.”