At Mobile World Congress 2025, NTT Corp., NTT Docomo and network equipment giant Nokia successfully demonstrated an in-network service acceleration platform (ISAP), a fundamental component to inclusive core mobile network architectures for evolving 6G data processing.
The technology minimizes the delay and fluctuation in data exchange between terminal and server while improving artificial intelligence (AI) analysis from a 57% “correct answer rate” to a 90% rate. This in-network computing is designed to meet data processing needs of 6G use cases like:
- AI
- Machine learning
- Immersive reality
- Advanced sensing
6G promises to improve high-capacity, low-latency and low-power consumption capabilities compared to 5G technologies.
NTT is working on the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) initiative based on optical technologies. The inclusive core is a component of the IOWN vision that links each of the initiative’s three core components:
- All-photonics network
- Digital twin computing
- Cognitive foundation
The companies expect several technological innovations to come from the exchange and high-data rate, low-latency transmission of massive amounts of data from the 6G/IOWN era.
Next steps
NTT and Docomo said they will continue to study computing services linked to mobile networks in the 6G era. The companies will also expand collaborations with telecoms, equipment makers like Nokia, cloud vendors and serve providers toward international standardizations of the 5G architecture at 3GPP.
These discussions are likely to begin in 2025.
Mobile World Congress 2025 takes place this week in Barcelona, Spain.
