CampusOS and 5G-OPERA - Use Cases for 5G Campus Networks at Hannover Messe
5G campus networks offer a wide range of possible applications for industry, business and public institutions. The lead projects CampusOS and 5G-OPERA presented concrete use cases and the latest developments at the Hannover Messe.
Industry 4.0, logistics, construction sites, agriculture or the clinic of the future - these are examples of environments in which private 5G networks, so-called campus networks, are used. The requirements for reliability and availability of the networks as well as for the security of the processed data are high. Campus networks must meet these requirements and offer additional advantages in order to have a realistic chance against alternative radio technologies such as WI-FI.
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) supports innovative projects that develop and test solutions for 5G campus networks. At this year's Hannover Messe, CampusOS and 5G-OPERA, two lead projects funded by the BMWK, presented themselves. At the joint booths "5G Campus Networks", representatives of the two projects demonstrated the benefits and added value of their offerings for industry.
The aim of the projects is to open up application domains for 5G campus networks and to support the ecosystem for the efficient development of specific campus network solutions. This should also indirectly strengthen the German and European equipment market in this segment.
5G campus networks in application
Interested visitors were able to gain an overview of the national lead project CampusOS at the trade fair stand: "The Hanover Trade Fair was an excellent platform for us to present industrial application cases and to enter into conversation with the professional audience. We had a lot of visitors from equipment suppliers and integrators, who in turn offer software solutions and are important new contacts for us, either as potential partners or as customers," summarises Dr. Martin Kasparick from the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute, HHI.
Exhibits such as the "Modular 5G Nomadic Node" make concrete use cases practically comprehensible. This is a portable network that can be installed and configured within a few minutes and then used for the duration of the specific application - for example at trade fairs or construction sites.
Innovative quality monitoring methods support the introduction of 5G campus networks: The methods for radio signal and protocol verification, network data analysis and end-to-end performance validation presented at the trade fair stand are scalable depending on the requirements of the respective user, for example factories and airports.
In addition, the German-French 5G-OPERA flagship project provided information on application scenarios and projects that conceptually pursue a transnational approach.
Digital sovereignty for Germany and Europe
Both flagship projects are working to further develop the ecosystem with open and virtualised hardware and software solutions. The basis for this is a modular architecture that is being validated in reference test fields in Berlin and is already being used in numerous application projects.
The importance of innovation cooperation in Germany and Europe was also emphasised during a panel discussion by Axel Voß, Head of Department VIB3, Development of Digital Technologies, BMWK: "Germany is one of the pioneers in the provision of frequencies and the development of campus networks. This is also necessary if we want to maintain our digital sovereignty. Both at the national level and together with our European partners, we are developing the necessary technologies of our own. We are working on maintaining technological sovereignty with the help of our own 5G networks. In this way, we are opening up the new business field of campus networks and positioning Germany and Europe in one of the top positions in the network equipment market."
Further information:
• https://campus-os.io/de
• https://franco-german-5g-ecosystem.eu/5g-opera/
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