Bristol is Open Wins Internet of Things Award for Programmable City Initiative
December 05 2016 - 2:03PM
Bristol is Open, an ambitious joint venture between the University
of Bristol and Bristol City Council, received the Internet of
Things award in the “The Smart Cities Award” category for its
programmable city initiative at the World Communications Awards
& Internet of Things Awards on November 29, 2016 in London,
U.K.
The Smart Cities Award recognizes leadership in the new smart
cities space, from traffic management, transport and security
services to street lighting, parking, waste management, and many
other related applications. Bristol is Open was shortlisted
alongside other industry leaders including Cisco Jasper,
InterDigital (NASDAQ:IDCC), and Telekom Malaysia.
Bristol is Open is an open “programmable city” initiative that
provides citizens with the ability to participate and contribute to
the way their city works. The initiative uses dedicated fiber, mesh
and wireless networks especially deployed across the city to create
an experimental high-speed, high-performance software defined
network. The network provides next generation network research and
development opportunities to technology companies, enterprises,
research organizations and others. The initiative comprises a
number of industry, local host and ecosystem partners including
Nokia, InterDigital, University of Bath, Knowle West Media, and
Engine Shed, among others.
Since joining the project in December 2015, InterDigital has
actively utilized the city-scale research and development network
to discover how programmable networks can be used to address a
variety of challenges in the city of the future. In February 2016,
the company demonstrated a live large scale demonstration over
the Bristol is Open test bed that yielded exponential video
streaming gains at Mobile World Congress. This demonstration of
FLIPS – Flexible IP-based Services – was recognized as ETSI’s MEC
Industry Specification Group’s Fourth Proof-of-Concept. FLIPS was
again demonstrated using the Bristol is Open network in Bristol,
U.K. in May 2016.
“The World Communications Awards and Internet of Things Awards
are hailed to be one of the industry’s most prestigious awards,
recognizing innovation, merit and outstanding performance in
telecoms,” said Alan Carlton, Vice President, InterDigital Europe.
“We’re thrilled to congratulate Bristol is Open and honored to
partner in building the world’s first open programmable city.”
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