Samsung Research America (SRA) has joined Princeton University’s new NextG Corporate Affiliates program, a collaboration designed to advance research on 6G wireless networks and related technologies by bringing industry and academia together.
Launched within Princeton’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, the NextG initiative aims to drive innovation across networking, sensing, and other foundational areas that will shape next-generation data infrastructure.
As a founding affiliate, SRA will work closely with Princeton faculty to share practical insights about real-world requirements and applications, helping to steer academic research toward solutions with practical impact. Other corporate partners include major telecommunications companies such as Ericsson, Nokia, and Qualcomm.
“The best academic research to help realize the promise of future wireless networks is informed by close interactions between faculty and industry technology leaders,” said Andrea Goldsmith, Dean of Princeton’s School of Engineering and Applied Science.
“Our NextG program aims to foster those deep collaborations around wireless technology and policy that are required to drive meaningful innovation and global leadership in an era of rapid change.”
For Samsung, the partnership supports ongoing efforts to solidify its position in 6G development—the successor to today’s 5G standard. In 2020, Samsung’s Advanced Communications Research Center published an influential 6G whitepaper, followed by a 2022 paper examining future spectrum needs.
“We encourage Princeton’s researchers to continue innovating and develop potentially disruptive 6G technologies,” said Dr. Charlie Zhang, SVP at SRA.
This collaboration follows Samsung’s inaugural 6G Forum conference held last May. With SRA also chairing important 6G standardization groups, the company is positioned to help translate Princeton’s research insights into broader ecosystem development.
Together with its academic partner, Samsung aims to advance wireless technology into a new era in which 6G promises much higher speeds, lower latency, and expanded capabilities to enable novel mobile applications and services.
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