KT to Take Part in NATO Defense Communications Standardization Meeting, Share 5G and 6G Capabilities
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KT will participate in the 9th meeting of NATO's defense communications standardization project, NWCSP, as a member of the 5G and 6G standardization committee.
The meeting will be held from September 28 to October 2 at KT Gwanghwamun Building West in Seoul and will be hosted by the Ministry of National Defense and TTA.
Participants will discuss how to apply 5G and 6G technologies, the direction of next-generation defense communications standard development, and standard documents for the defense application of satellite communications and wireless backhaul.
KT will participate in the 9th meeting of the NATO Wireless Communications Standardization Project (NWCSP), NATO's defense communications standardization project. As a member of the 5G and 6G standardization committee, KT will join global discussions on defense communications standardization at the meeting. NWCSP is NATO's defense communications standardization project and a civil-military collaboration initiative, bringing together government officials and private-sector experts from NATO allies and partner countries to discuss the use and standardization of next-generation mobile communications technologies in the defense sector.
The meeting is being hosted by the Ministry of National Defense and the Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA). It will run from September 28 to October 2 at KT Gwanghwamun Building West in Seoul.
About 100 people are expected to attend, including defense and government officials from South Korea and abroad as well as telecommunications and standards experts. Participants will discuss how to apply 5G and 6G technologies in the defense sector and the direction of next-generation defense communications standards development.
NWCSP holds offline meetings three times a year. The 8th meeting was held last May in San Diego, the United States. Domestic participating organizations include the Ministry of National Defense, the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA), and TTA.
KT will begin its activities by dispatching 5G and 6G standardization experts starting with the 9th meeting. The agenda for this meeting includes sharing the current status of 5G and 6G technology development and their application in the defense sector among participating countries, reviewing standard documents for the defense application of satellite communications, and reviewing standard documents for the defense application of wireless backhaul. KT plans to share the technology and build experience it has accumulated through defense 5G projects, and based on its experience applying commercial 5G to defense, it will exchange views on establishing guidelines for introducing 5G- and 6G-based defense communications technologies and on next-generation defense communications standardization.
KT said it expects the discussions to make more concrete a consensus on relevant technical standards for interoperable operation of communication technologies and systems that differ by country.
KT said it plans to use its participation in this NWCSP meeting as a springboard to expand its cooperation with relevant organizations, including the Ministry of National Defense, and strengthen its civil-military technology cooperation framework. The company said it has experience in network buildout and operations through its defense 5G business and plans to leverage its 5G and 6G technological capabilities on that basis. It also said it plans to contribute to strengthening the international standards response capabilities of South Korea's telecommunications and defense industries in the future.
Source: IT DAILY · Seong Won-young
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