The Lulea University of Technology in Sweden will demonstrate increased indoor connectivity capacity and improved performance once it expands its 5G testbed with an indoor system jointly developed by Nordic carrier Telia and Ericsson.
Lulea University of Technology’s indoor system for 5G is fully developed by Ericsson, and the network operator for the system is Telia. The 5G Radio Dot System is primarily installed in research laboratories, but the student associations LUDD and XP-el also have access to the 5G network for student- and education-related projects.
Lulea University of Technology has a 5G mast installed outside on the university campus. The 5G testbed offers researchers and companies an environment to validate products and services of the future. With an indoor system for 5G, the testbed?s capacity expands.
?5G runs partially on existing frequencies from the other previous generations’ networks. It is more difficult for the higher frequencies to penetrate walls. Therefore, there is a need for supplementing the indoor system with an outdoor 5G radio system,” said Karl Andersson, associate professor of Pervasive and Mobile Computing and executive director at the Centre for Distance-Spanning Technology (CDT).
5G coverage indoors with increased capacity and higher speeds, allows for completely new experiments and tests, for fully integrated use cases and scenarios for big data, according to the university and Ericsson.
?Researchers can experiment with everything from drones and robots to agricultural machines and health-related technical solutions. At Lule? University of Technology, we involve researchers from many different disciplines. We also expect even more companies start working with us,? Andersson added.
?5G is and will be a platform for innovation, both for established industries, start-ups and society. It is fantastic that we have the opportunity, together with Lule? University of Technology and Telia, to build the Nordic region’s first indoor system with the Ericsson 5G Radio Dot System,” said Magnus Frodigh, head of Ericsson Research. “Now we are looking forward to joint innovation to find new exciting applications for the industry together with Lule?’s talented research teams.?
?There will soon be a wider expansion of 5G and an important spectrum auction around the corner,” Magnus Leonhardt, head of strategy and innovation at Telia Sweden. “The interest in 5G is huge and several different industries are exploring its potential. This testbed creates conditions to meet that need; it can act as a catalyst for new innovative solutions that can contribute to more efficient and sustainable business.”
For Lule? University of Technology, the collaboration with Ericsson and Telia is part of a long-lasting approach to research collaboration. ?This collaboration is another example of how we conduct our 5G projects at Lule? University of Technology. We use a well-tried collaboration model, we carry out research, development and innovation in an open environment with focus on collaboration,? Andersson said.
