Researchers are using virtual network models to test and improve wireless systems. See how this work could change networks in cities, vehicles, and devices.
Designing and testing next generation wireless networks is complex. Researchers need to understand how signals behave across cities, factories, vehicles, and satellites, but experimenting in the real world is costly, slow, and risky.
6G@UT at the University of Texas at Austin is addressing this challenge by using digital twins, virtual models that replicate physical networks in real time. These models let researchers design, test, and optimize communication systems safely and efficiently before deploying them.
Keysight’s 6G solutions support this work by combining data from multiple sources, including ray tracing models, telecom configurations, lab measurements, open datasets, and live telemetry. The tools also allow researchers to calibrate and validate digital twins with real time measurements, ensuring results are accurate.
At 6G@UT, researchers are exploring advanced applications such as improved beamforming, adaptive connectivity, and a “multiverse of digital twins” with different fidelity levels across cloud, edge, and devices. This approach provides flexibility in network analysis, design, and optimization.
By offering a risk free environment for testing, Keysight’s solutions help accelerate 6G research, enabling teams to explore and refine new technologies before they reach the real world.
Professor Kaushik Choudhury, Chandra Family Endowed Distinguished Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at UT Austin, said: “Keysight solutions will be used to create network models by importing a diverse set of data sources, including ray-tracing models, telco configurations, open-source data, laboratory measurements, and live telemetry. The calibrated digital twins will provide deep insights for advancing research in next-gen technologies, shaping how future networks are designed and deployed.”
Giampaolo Tardioli, Vice President, 6G and Next-Generation Technology at Keysight, said: “Powered by Keysight’s digital twin channel modeling and AI, the UT Austin lab will serve as a hub for innovation and collaboration in the 6G space, enabling new approaches to simulation-driven design, and further inquiry into next-generation wireless.”
