Centre For Development of Telematics (CDOT), the Indian government's premier Telecom R&D Centre, and Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur today signed an agreement for "Automated Service Management in 5G and Beyond Networks Using AI".

Sai Kiran, Associate Professor, IIT ,Jodhpur said the R&D collaboration will fuel advanced research and development initiatives aimed at revolutionising network management and improving quality of service in 5G and 6G telecom networks.

"By leveraging cutting-edge AI technologies, our team will spearhead the creation of automated network management solutions that ensure low-latency and high-reliability performance, enabling the growth of new 5G and 6G application verticals such as remotely operated vehicles, smart cities, etc," Kiran said.

C-DOT and IIT-Jodhpur reiterated that the successful completion of this project would enable new use-cases in the areas of transportation systems, smart cities, and allow India a better contribution towards future 6G telecom standards.

The primary objective is to develop AI frameworks for automated network management, fault detection, and diagnostic techniques by utilising continuous information generated within the network like 5G, an official statement said.

The service will establish a real time 5G and Beyond testbed (in compliance with O-RAN) for the demonstration of the developed automated network management and slicing techniques in conjunction with specific application use-cases such as smart metering and remotely-operated vehicles.