Fraunhofer IPT, Ericsson launch Europe’s largest industrial 5G research network
Along with its project partners, Fraunhofer IPT will develop and test applications and solutions for digitized and networked production over the next three years. The Swedish mobile network supplier Ericsson is the partner for setting up and developing the required 5G infrastructure.
At the 5G-Industry Campus Europe, the project partners are investigating different application scenarios in seven subprojects – from 5G sensors for monitoring and controlling highly complex manufacturing processes to mobile robotics, logistics and cross-location production chains. In addition, the scientists want to test the use of modern edge cloud systems for fast data processing in order to exploit the potential of 5G in networked, adaptive production.
The network of the 5G Industry Campus Europe in Aachen comprises an outdoor area of around one square kilometre as well as almost 7000 m2 in the machine halls of the participating partners, which cover all fields of production technology. The facilities are equipped with state-of-the-art IT and production systems and thus offer a unique infrastructure for testing 5G applications together with the research partners and developing them in the run-up to the commercialisation of 5G technology. In order to ensure the direct transferability of the research results into real industrial applications, the network of the 5G Industry Campus Europe will be set up in the industry-relevant frequency range from 3.7 to 3.8 GHz.
The research network takes up earlier collaborations between the three Aachen research institutions: Since the beginning of 2018, the world’s first 5G New Radio system from Ericsson has been operating in the machine hall of the Fraunhofer IPT, completely wirelessly networking a production environment. The Research Institute for Rationalization (FIR) of the RWTH Aachen university, (FIR) also contributes know-how and experience with its existing 5G model factory as part of the 5G Competence Center NRW. In addition to Fraunhofer IPT, the project consortium also includes a number of institutes and laboratories of RWTH Aachen University. The project is funded for three years by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
Further information: www.5G-Industry-Campus.com
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