Nokia and NVIDIA say AI is moving into the radio gear that sends your phone signal, aiming for more capacity from the airwaves carriers already own.
Nokia and NVIDIA announced that AI is being built into the radio equipment that carries your phone signal. The goal is to squeeze more capacity and performance out of the airwaves carriers already hold. Nokia says the system is being added to live networks and moving closer to deployment.
The radio access network is the towers and radio gear that connect your phone to the network. Nokia and NVIDIA are now applying AI to tasks inside the 5G signal, including beamforming and scheduling. Nokia's software runs on NVIDIA computing hardware. The platform it builds on was announced in July.
A second part covers running the network. Nokia says AI agents, which are programs that take actions on their own, can work across radio, core, transport and cloud systems. Nokia says operators keep oversight, and guardrails govern how each action is tested and carried out.
Mobile carriers are the direct customers. Etisalat UAE, MEO and Airtel are working with Nokia to identify use cases and integration timelines. Everyday users would feel it only if carriers adopt the tools and the network gets better.
Nokia is showing sensing features at NVIDIA GTC Berlin, but the announcement offers no proof of gains for phone users yet.
Nokia and NVIDIA promise smarter cell towers that get more from existing airwaves, but without dates or speed figures, treat it as early.
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