Softbank and Honda use 5G network to improve existing car networking technology, project is expected to start in 2018

The Internet of Things era is coming, and the Internet of Vehicles technology is very important. 5G network technology has become the trend of the times in the network. In this context, how to combine 5G and car networking is particularly important. To this end, Softbank and Honda jointly tested to improve existing vehicle networking technologies under 5G networks.

Japan's telecom giant Softbank and automaker Honda are currently working together to develop a network project to study how to improve existing car networking technologies with 5G networks.

Compared with the existing 4G standard, 5G networks can provide higher connection capacity, and operators around the world are rushing to invest, hoping to be at the forefront of infrastructure construction. In fact, the fast-growing IoT and autopilot industries have a serious reliance on 5G networks.

Softbank said the company will install experimental 5G base stations at the Honda R&D center in northern Japan, and the two companies will launch the joint 5G test project in April 2018.

Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and Internet technologies can help Softbank and Honda work to create new vehicle-mounted antennas that facilitate high-speed network connectivity between vehicles, while also finding ways to support recovery technologies to support weak signal areas. Signal strength.

Both companies have been investing heavily in the upcoming Internet of Things and autonomous driving, and have invested heavily in their respective technologies. Last year, Softbank and Advanced Smart Mobility jointly formed an autonomous technology joint venture to commercialize smart mobile services using autonomous driving technology.

At the same time, Honda has been exploring joint research and development with Alphabet's autonomous driving technology company Waymo, after Honda has said it plans to equip the highway with fully automated vehicles by 2020.

The key to these plans is the wireless infrastructure that can support large amounts of data transmission, which is why testing 5G networks today is critical for both companies.