The Korea Transportation Safety Authority (KTSA) and SK Telecom on Thursday unveiled the first 5G testing platform for self-driving vehicles in the world, having deployed the experimental infrastructure in K-City, a fake town spanning 79 acres (320,000 square meters) which was created exclusively for the purpose of testing autonomous driving solutions. The newly announced system utilizes a pre-standard 5G network meant to provide support to driverless vehicles, allowing them to share and receive data with their smart environments and other vehicles on the road more efficiently.
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