NVIDIA announced a partnership with Booz Allen to create a native 6G AI network in the United States, breaking through national defense security and industrial monitoring technologies.

NVIDIA announced a collaboration with industry-leading partners Booz Allen, Cisco, MITRE, ODC, and T-Mobile to launch the first All-American AI-RAN Stack specifically for 6G in the United States, promoting new applications for the development of next-generation wireless network technology. The powerful application scenarios of the U.S. 6G AI network can enhance existing spatial detection capabilities, sensing the movement of objects and animals, as well as messages from suspicious and unauthorized users in low visibility, which is particularly beneficial for national defense security.

NVIDIA and partners create 6G AI wireless stack for native applications in the U.S.

As AI expands from smartphones to cameras, augmented reality glasses, robots, autonomous vehicles, and other devices, wireless networks face an increasing demand that requires unprecedented scale and efficiency to support billions of connections. To meet this challenge and support transformative technologies such as Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC, a key sensing capability that connects physical and digital environments), wireless networks must achieve AI native capabilities at the hardware, software, and architectural levels.

AI RAN's native network in the United States is capable of utilizing the spectrum (used for transmitting wireless signals) as efficiently as possible. The AI-RAN architecture is the core of next-generation wireless communication, integrating connectivity, computing, and sensing with software-defined applications through a universal platform. NVIDIA's Senior Vice President of Telecommunications, Ronnie Vasishta, stated that 6G is being built from the ground up, centered around AI, unlocking extreme spectrum efficiency, massive connectivity, and breakthrough applications. NVIDIA is collaborating with industry leaders to create an AI-native wireless stack with advanced features, ensuring that the United States plays a crucial role in the journey toward 6G.

NVIDIA AI WIN Native Wireless Stacking

In just six months since the launch of the AI WIN project, NVIDIA and its partners have established a complete AI-native wireless stack at the NVIDIA campus in Santa Clara, California, enabling the first user-to-user phone call over the network and developing groundbreaking 6G applications. The system combines the NVIDIA AI Aerial platform with ODC's 5G RAN software, Cisco's user plane functions, and 5G core software, as well as specialized 6G applications from MITRE and Booz Allen.

Cisco AI-WIN Accelerates AI Secure Network Connectivity

Masum Mir, Senior Vice President of Cisco and General Manager of Carrier Mobile Business, stated that the collaboration with NVIDIA will create a future of AI-secured connectivity, integrating AI into the infrastructure of mobile networks and services. By partnering with NVIDIA, the network will be able to perceive, learn, and act in real-time, empowering service providers to deliver high-value business and consumer services in the AI era, assisting infrastructure to achieve physical AI and perceptual measurement with exceptional efficiency and security.

Breakthrough applications drive the development of 6G standards

The collaboration between NVIDIA and Booz Allen has developed the first multi-modal ISAC application, which integrates camera vision and radio frequency sensing technology to accurately detect and track objects even in low-visibility conditions. Camera vision can be used to identify moving objects but cannot track their paths or detect them in the presence of obstacles. On the other hand, radio frequency sensors can show the position, speed, and distance of objects and perceive their presence in the absence of visible light.

The all-new ISAC application utilizes camera vision and radio frequency data to provide enhanced spatial awareness capabilities in real-time, achieving powerful use cases in areas such as public safety, industrial monitoring, and national security, where traditional unimodal sensing technologies may fall short. The new application “AI-Driven Spectrum Agility” built by MITRE can manage wireless spectrum allocation within base stations in real-time, allowing users to experience seamless connectivity, while operators can also benefit from significant improvements in spectrum efficiency. Unlike traditional methods that shut down entire network bands when interference is detected, this application uses artificial intelligence (AI) to pinpoint the affected frequencies without interrupting consumer service. It significantly enhances spectrum efficiency and utilization compared to existing methods, addressing ongoing challenges in spectrum management and operations.

Boston Allen R.AI.DIO application real-time monitoring of interference messages

At the NVIDIA GTC conference held in Washington D.C., Booz Allen showcased the spectrum-aware R.AI.DIO application based on artificial intelligence (AI), which can instantly detect and classify any type of interference, including malicious signal jammers and unauthorized network users. This enables operators to immediately respond to threats and automatically mitigate issues, thereby protecting network integrity.

The brand new NVIDIA Aerial framework provides a modular, programmable pipeline that seamlessly integrates third-party applications into the AI-RAN protocol stack. The application interface (API) included in the framework enables these applications to access real-time physical layer data (the foundational data in the wireless signal processing pipeline), thereby enhancing the dynamic training and reinforcement learning capabilities of AI models. The NVIDIA AI Aerial software library makes these early 6G applications possible, while the integration of new models based on artificial intelligence and neural networks enhances performance and efficiency.

Native AI wireless networks have paved the way for a significant paradigm shift in the telecommunications industry from 5G to 6G, achieving extremely efficient edge AI reasoning and perception capabilities, capable of servicing hundreds of billions of network connections and bringing revenue to operators.

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