South Korea Deploys 5G Technology For Covid-19 Check At Airport

South Korea has started using mobile edge computing (MEC) technology at Incheon International Airport to run an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can screen potential Covid-19 infection.

South Korea has started using mobile edge computing (MEC) technology at Incheon International Airport to operate an artificial intelligence (AI) system that screens possible Covid-19 patients in a move to step up preventative measures against the pandemic.

The Ministry of Science and ICT told that the system would check for travelers without masks or with COVID-19 infection symptoms, such as high temperature, at the arrival and departure lounges of the country's main gateway, present at west of Seoul, utilizing digital kiosks and video surveillance.

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‘The Artificial Intelligence (AI) system can send out autonomous robots for airport disinfection.’

The system can send out autonomous robots for airport disinfection.

The ministry said the system uses MEC technology, which minimizes latency by sending data to nearby small-scale data centers, rather than a centralized data center, reports Yonhap news agency.

SK Telecom Co., the country's biggest wireless carrier, has established millimeter wave (mmWave) band 5G base stations in the airport to run the service, using the company's new AI chip, the SAPEON X220.

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While 5G users have touched around 10 million in South Korea since its commercialization of the most advanced generation network in April last year, the country is in the initial stage of rolling out mmWave 5G services that will take full benefit of the network's high speed and low latency.

Competing carrier LG Uplus Corp. is currently examining mmWave 5G at the Kumoh National Institute of Technology present in Gumi, about 200 km south of Seoul.

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