爱立信计划在韩国展示ISAC无人机探测网络技术，寻求与韩国运营商合作

Ericsson will unveil in South Korea later this year a next-generation network technology that can detect drones that are otherwise difficult to track. The Swedish telecom equipment maker is looking to work with Korean carriers as global interest in drone defense systems has grown since the war involving Iran and as demand rises for commercializing physical artificial intelligence to power a range of mobility platforms.
Evany Obregon, head of ISAC strategy at Ericsson, said in an interview with The Seoul Economic Daily at a building in Seoul's Gangnam district on the 1st that "Korea has outstanding IT infrastructure and a leading capacity to adopt new technology, so we hope to form partnerships in next-generation communications, including ISAC, and produce innovative results."
Ericsson's ISAC, or integrated sensing and communication, combines new sensing capabilities with a telecom network, allowing operators to identify the position and direction of objects that previously went undetected. The system analyzes minute refractions and echoes of radio waves to determine an object's location, distance, speed and shape. It marks a further step for mobile networks that until now have only transmitted and received data.
Obregon expects demand to grow in defense, public safety, disaster response and port operations, where immediate response is required. "In defense, the need for drone detection systems has increased, but because installing sensing equipment is costly, systems have been built only in limited areas," Obregon said. "If government agencies and defense companies adopt ISAC, they will be able to complement those limits and complete a network environment that detects objects quickly."
Ericsson has already run proof-of-concept ISAC trials in the United States and Sweden. With U.S. carrier AT&T, it completed a pilot program tracking and managing the flight paths of various drones. "Small drones fly and their speeds vary widely, and the ability to detect them in real time is Ericsson's own competitive edge," Obregon said. "Even if information gathering fails in one area, data can be received from other nearby areas, so accuracy is high."
Ericsson plans to expand partnerships in Korea on the strength of that technology and track record. It will take part in the 6G Vision Festa, scheduled for December in Songdo, Incheon, where it will demonstrate its ISAC technology. The company intends to promote its capabilities to the Korean government and domestic firms and explore ways to cooperate. "When 6G, which processes data quickly, and AI functions are combined with ISAC, technological efficiency will improve further," Obregon said.