ASTS AI Edge Computing
Background details - ASTS is using Nokia RAN’s for satellite to terrestrial gateway connections. Nokia is using the NVIDIA CUDA platform as part of the 1 Billion Dollar investment deal they did with Nvidia for their AI-RAN’s software development. They are currently testing with T- Mobile and other MNO’s, it’s not part of any ASTS gateways currently.
On the last EC Abel mentioned “AI Edge” improvements/compute that can efficiently integrate spectrum to predict traffic based on location.
To me, from a solution standpoint I think it makes sense to predict traffic on one platform, NVIDIA CUDA, so both the RAN and the satellite can be in sync and more easily optimized. Although it would be possible for ASTS to develop a solution and deploy to their satellite standalone. My understanding is the ASIC chip manages bandwidth on each satellite; this is the first I heard about AI and traffic prediction and I’m not sure what their approach would be if they develop their own solution.
Would love to hear everyone thought’s on this.
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/edge-computing/space-computing/