Approach for Digital Twin Technology Adoption for National Telecommunication Infrastructure Development

Abstract

This research was conducted because it was seen that many countries tend to drive economic and social development policy by emphasizing on digital infrastructure elevation as a foundation of such development and utilizing new technologies as key elements. Digital Twin, emerged from new technological convergence, therefore, is interesting to be adopted for the development. For this reason, this research aims at (1) examining Digital Twin process and adoption practice in other countries, (2) analyzing problems, obstacles, and key success factors, and (3) proposing policy recommendation for promotion of Digital Twin adoption for telecommunication infrastructure development.
The research was found that Digital Twin consisted of three main parts; real space containing physical objects, virtual space containing 3D virtual objects, and the link for data flow from real space to virtual space. Digital Twin has been widely put into practice in smart city and industrial development. However, when considering ecosystem, it still faces key challenges such as lack of ultra-broadband infrastructure and expertise. Therefore, it is necessary to form top-down and bottom-up policies, to design human-centric application, to elevate data security and to stimulate innovation development, which are considered as key success factors.
It can be proposed that policy recommendations include the need for telecommunication resource allocation for available utilization, promotion of critical backbone network deployment, promotion of variety of device to support massive interconnection, promotion of data center investment in the country, and enhancement of collaboration to fulfil the growth and development of Digital Twin ecosystem.