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SEOUL, South Korea, April 7, 2023 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

*Vehicle communication supported with ultra-high speed 5G

- An Essential element for safety in autonomous driving

*Data download speed quadrupled…Component downsized by up to 20%

*"Will continue to introduce innovative components for the autonomous driving

vehicles, to create differentiated customer value"

LG Innotek (CEO Cheol-dong Jeong) announced on the 6th on succeeding the

development of '5G-V2X Cellular Module' that is significantly improved with the

long-distance data transmission based on Qualcomm's chip and reception on V2X

(Vehicle to Everything).

From the development of this new product supporting the ultra-high speed 5G

vehicle communication, LG Innotek is now able to accelerate the target on the

self-driving car components market.

*Vehicle communication supported with ultra-high speed 5G

- Essential element for safety in autonomous driving

'5G-V2X Cellular Module' is a 5G mobile communication technology and component

supporting the data transmission and reception on V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle), V2P

(vehicle-to-pedestrian) and V2I (vehicle-to-infrastructure), and this

technology. This is the reason why '5G-V2X Cellular Module' considered to be an

essential element for safety in autonomous driving.

This part is mounted mostly in the vehicle communication device inside the car

or on the roof in form of a module combined with a communication chip, memory,

RF (Radio Frequency) circuit, etc., to receive large amount of data required

for driving from the base station near the cars.

The industry estimates that the daily average data produced by one autonomous

driving vehicle will be about 4TB(4,000GB), which is a capacity possible for

downloading 8,000 films of 90-min movie (average of 0.5GB per movie). When

processing this enormous capacity of data, speed is the key.

For example, when the road is stuck due to an unexpected accident, this road

condition should have been sent to the advanced driver assistance system (ADAS)

for finding bypass shortly. But if data transmission is delayed, we cannot

eliminate the possibility of the secondary accidents due to entering of the

cars which don't have any information on this situation.

This explains why 5G technology is receiving the spotlight in the autonomous

driving field where immediate response to the real-time changes in situation is

needed.

Therefore, most of the experts are expecting that the paradigm of global

automobile industry will be converted to adopting the cellular module based on

5G instead of the LTE(4G).

*Data download speed quadrupled…Component downsized by up to 20%

In 2019, LG Innotek launched the 1st generation vehicle 5G cellular module for

the first time in the world, and in this newly developed 2nd generation module

has quadrupled V2X data download speed from 35Mbps to 150Mbps, 4 times higher

compared to the existing product.

LG Innotek sophisticated the temperature control algorithm to minimize the high

frequency 5G signal loss due to direct sunlight and heat. As a result, 5G

vehicle communication maintaining high-quality even in high temperature of

194℉ is provided. Thanks to this increase in durability, the long

distance V2X communication up to 0.62~0.93mile can be stably supported through

the 5G network.

In addition, LG Innotek's 2nd generation '5G-V2X cellular Module' was developed

in the size of 46mm×50mm, which is reduced in size up to 20% compared to the

existing product. It is half size of a credit card, and possible to be mounted

conveniently inside and outside the cars.

While reducing the module size, LG Innotek's unique high-density,

high-precision technologies were utilized to gather 800 components for 5G

communication into one product such as the communication chip and memory, etc.

Compared to the 1st generation module that included about 480 parts, the number

of parts mounted in the module increased by 60%, showing the improvement of

quality and performance in the communication.

Moreover, the latest 5G standard (3GPP Release 16) from 3GPP (3rd Generation

Partnership Project) was adopted to enable the use of the module regardless of

the nations, terrain, and the types of cars. By strengthening the compatibility

of the product, LG Innotek secured more favorable position in attracting

customers for the self-driving vehicle components.

*"Innovative components for the autonomous driving vehicles will be introduced

continuously to create differentiated customer value"

For the goal of commercializing the 2nd generation '5G-V2X cellular Module' by

2025, LG Innotek is performing various promotional activities not only in

Korea, but also on global automobile companies and automotive electronics

makers in Europe, USA and Japan.

Byaeng-kuk Yoo, Vice President of Automotive Components & Electronics Business

Unit, stated that "2nd generation '5G-V2X cellular Module' will become a key

component in opening the period of fully autonomous driving," and added, "As

the 'total solution provider on future vehicles', LG Innotek will continue to

introduce innovative products on electronic components for the future cars to

create differentiated value for the customer".

Meanwhile, according to the market survey agency Techno System Research (TSR),

the number of cars mounted with 5G communication module in all over the world

is expected to increase from 1.7 million in this year to 21.8 million by 2027.

Source: LG Innotek

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