Nokia Bell Labs and partners announced WIVE project to develop concepts and enable technologies, as well as to test and experiment new vertical services offered by 5G.
Nokia, Teleste, Telia, ABB, Cargotec Kalmar, Finnish Broadcasting (Yle), Digita, FICORA, universities in Finland as well as VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland are members of WIVE (WIreless for VErticals).
The 5G project, which will run for two years, is co-funded by the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation (Tekes)
Vertical focus of WIVE project
# Media and entertainment (M&E)
# Machine-type connectivity for application areas
WIVE project aims to demonstrate that requirements such as reliability, latency, data rates, security and availability can be fulfilled with future 5G networks with improved flexibility and cost-efficiency.
The WIVE project implements vertical service pilots based on industry driven use cases on the top of 5GTNF testbeds (e.g. TAKE-5 and 5GTN+), and tests new vertical services and applications in a realistic testing environment (out of the laboratory) to discover possible technical and business opportunities and constraints.
“Nokia Bell Labs has a strong focus on reliable, low latency communications targeting new wireless communication systems for verticals, and WIVE project provides us insight into the requirements and opportunities for experimentation to test our solutions,” said Mikko Uusitalo, head of wireless advanced technologies research at Nokia.
Telecom operator Telia considers machine-type connectivity and ultra-reliable communications are topical for its B2B customers.
“We are looking at evolving media consumption patterns and developing revolutionary spectator experiences, for example at Telia 5G Arena in Helsinki and as part of our agreement for Finnish Ice Hockey League media rights,” said Janne Koistinen, director of Telia 5G program in Finland.
Engineering company ABB will adapt its most advanced smart grid applications to a 5G test network as a benchmark.
“The development of energy policies, legislation and regulation all drive smarter and greener grids, and the transition will be facilitated by new technologies, such as 5G,” said Dick Kronman, manager of ABB’s Grid Automation Solutions business.
