5G’s new applications, diversified terminals and capabilities, and multi-band multi-mode collaborative networking have resulted in very complex mobile networks. The optimization of the network configuration and different services have become a hot topic in the industry.
China Mobile and ZTE have jointly completed the industry’s first XR (eXtended Reality) digital twin modeling in Jiangxi province, China. The results of large-scale fixed-point tests are a step in applying the digital twin technology to wireless networks, laying a solid foundation for the following XR service experience guarantee and network policy optimization, according to ZTE.
XR refers to all interactive environments that combine real-and-virtual elements, according to Frontiers, a research publisher, including Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, or Virtual Reality.
The wireless network digital twin can implement digital modeling and dynamic simulation for base stations, wireless channels, terminals, core networks and services. Through the mutual data interaction and performance verification with the physical network, the digital twin of the wireless network can help operators optimize their networks.
“High-precision service modeling is the key to unleashing the potential capabilities of digital twin applications,” ZTE said.
Recently in Jiujiang, China, testing engineers conducted XR tests in more than 70 locations under the coverage of 130 5G base stations in the physical network. At the same time, ZTE’s high-fidelity wireless network digital twin platform performed network and application performance twinning of the same XR service.
By J. Sharpe Smith, Inside Towers Technology Editor
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