Fibocom unveiled an AI-powered FWA product based on the Snapdragon X75 5G modem-RF system during this week’s Network X show in Paris.

The aim is to simplify configuration, enhance user experience and foster service personalisation. The integration of AI into the 5G FWA devices improves the user experience and interaction with end devices.

The 5G AI FWA unit activates the generated AI voice-text interaction and visual presentation on 5G CPE devices by deploying an AI agent and AI-related algorithm on the Qualcomm Snapdragon X75 5G modem-RF system.

It leverages Fibocom’s pre-research and technical evaluation expertise to ensure the success of deploying edge AI models on the FWA platform. The product supports AI models leveraging the computing resource capacity of the Snapdragon multi-core CPU architecture.

The AI-powered 5G FWA device integrates large language models (LLMs), automatic speech recognition (ASR) and text-to-speech (TTS) from edge devices and the cloud, allowing flexible resource allocation judged by various computation requirements in different scenarios, advancing the capabilities of 5G FWA devices as well as opening possibilities to 5G home internet scenarios.

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AI intelligence is used to understand and respond to users’ requests and streamline task management processes through voice input or text messages to OpenAI’s Whisper service, or the conversations can be realised through the web interface. Offering a seamless, intuitive communication system expands the CPE capability and improves user experience. The AI-powered FWA offering also extends its intelligence to network optimisation with latency reduction to meet user satisfaction, serving as a hub for unified task management.

Fibocom offers module line-ups powered by the Snapdragon X75, including FG190W-NA and FM190(W)-GL, supporting mm-wave and sub-6GHz dual-connectivity and delivering up to 10Gbit/s downlink speed under NR 10CA with up to 1000MHz bandwidth. Additionally, with the latest Wifi 7/6 technologies and Matter standard, Fibocom has deployed 5G FWA products for the tier-one carrier use cases in scenarios such as in-home connectivity and small-to-medium businesses.

“Fibocom has continuously put investment on new key value points on FWA to build a more advanced 5G experience in home scenarios,” said Simon Tao, vice president at Fibocom. “Our team commitment leverages globally FWA module delivery experience and cutting-edge AI capability to extend 5G AI CPE capability and foster a future-proof FWA demo enabling a smarter world while ensuring gigabit access speed and reliability. The approach to integrating AI into FWA is multifaceted, focusing on enhancing user experience and operational efficiency, and the CPE is like an AI-powered digital assistant capable of replacing redundant apps, thereby ensuring smooth configuration. Looking ahead, we’re confident in having that intelligence implemented in the near future.”

Gautam Sheoran, vice president at Qualcomm (www.qualcomm.com), added: “We are pleased to work closely with Fibocom on their latest 5G FWA option bringing exciting new AI capabilities. By integrating our Snapdragon X75 5G modem-RF system, this offering enables 5G carriers to provide improved performance, reliability and user experience and underscores our commitment to a more connected and intelligent future.”

Fibocom (www.fibocom.com) provides wireless communication modules.