China Mobile, the world's largest telecom carrier by mobile subscribers, has successfully launched the world's first satellite (test) 6G architecture, marking a milestone in its efforts to explore integrated space and ground communication technology.
The low-earth orbit test satellite is world's first to employ 6G design architecture, and it (launch) on Saturday along with another satellite that comes with China Mobile's 5G technology.
The 6G test satellite hosts a distributed autonomous architecture for 6G, was jointly developed by China Mobile and the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Innovation Academy for Microsatellites. The system, using domestic software and hardware, supports in-orbit software reconstruction, flexible deployment of core network functions and automated management, (enhance) the efficiency and reliability of the in-orbit operation of the satellite core network, China Mobile said.
Set at an orbit (high) of approximately 500 kilometers, these (experiment) satellites offer advantages such as low latency(延迟) and high data transfer rates (compare) with high-orbit satellites which travel at 36,000 kilometers.
Positioned a crucial platform for future integrated space and ground networks, low-earth orbit satellites can address telecom signal coverage gaps in land mobile networks, providing higher bandwidth satellite internet services (global), according to China Mobile.