Samsung acquired Harman, the US auto parts maker, by the end of 2016. TCU is the result of the cooperation between the two companies. Harman has long been a leader in car navigation with Samsung technical support and has further expanded its development pattern to the car networking.
TCU is based on the operation of the next decade, the car is no longer an island, but a unit under the transport network system, through the cellular network (C-V2X) technology, the car can be directly with traffic signs, traffic management Units, and other vehicles around the interconnection, while the TCU served as the node of communication.
Samsung said the original design of the TCU was operating under the existing 4G architecture but has now been upgraded to a 5G network. Samsung has hinted that a major European automotive maker will become the first TCU customer and its identity will be announced later on at Samsung and Harman CES booth.
Samsung and South Korea's second-largest telecom operator KT Corporation has completed a 4G / 5G communications test to be showcased globally next month at the Winter Olympics, said Tim Baxter, Samsung's chief operating officer in the US, who said 5G will put optical fibers in his pockets Immediately after the realization of the network, from wearing devices to high-end AR / VR and smart city vision will be unlocked.