European H2020 Project Flame Launches First Urban-Scale 5G Testbed for Future Open Media Internet Trials
February 26 2018 - 2:30AM
MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2018 -- InterDigital,
Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC), a mobile technology research and development
company, today announced that the European H2020 project, FLAME,
has launched its 5G testbed for urban scale trials of future open
media internet services across European cities. The 5G testbed will
enable the first consumer-focused, real-life trial of 5G
technologies to transform user experience by faster access to media
and new services.
“The FLAME project offers groundbreaking and unique technologies
setting this 5G testbed apart from all that have come before it,”
said Dirk Trossen, FLAME’s Technical Manager and Senior Principal
Engineer at InterDigital. “We’re honored to be a part of the first
real-life insights into the transformation of 5G media delivery and
the enablement of new media services for smart cities. The launch
of the urban-scale testbed is truly a milestone for the advancement
of 5G.”
The future media internet trials will utilize the FLAME Service
Delivery platform, with a Next Generation Network Flexible IP-based
Services (FLIPS) platform at its heart. Developed by InterDigital,
the Next Generation Network FLIPS platform is modeled after
prototype efforts from two other H2020 collaborative research and
development projects, POINT ("iP Over IcN - the betTer IP") and
RIFE (aRchitecture for an Internet For Everybody). The FLIPS
platform optimizes the delivery of service requests on top of
emerging programmable infrastructures, while providing the desired
quantitative and qualitative benefits (such as in terms of low
latency, much higher bandwidth, lower costs, improved security) for
novel 5G services.
The FLAME project initially launches in the smart cities of
Bristol and Barcelona with plans to expand to cities across Europe
through a EUR 2 million program of open calls. The program will
allow players from the creative industries, telecommunications
industries and smart cities to run 5G trials at urban-scale that
improve experience for consumers, reduce the complexity of media
service development and reduce the cost of delivering personalized
on-demand content.
The FLAME project is led by a consortium of twelve partners
including University of Southampton, InterDigital Europe, Atos
Spain, i2CAT, University of Bristol, Nextworks, Martel Innovate,
VRT, The Walt Disney Company, ETH Zurich, Institut Municipal
d’Informatica de Barcelona, and Bristol is Open. The partners have
complementary competences and demonstrated capability to provide a
solid contribution to the implementation of all aspects of this
research and innovation action.
Attendees of Mobile World Congress can see the platform and
learn more at InterDigital’s pavilion in Hall 7, Stand
7C61. For more information, please visit
http://ict-flame.eu.
About InterDigital®
InterDigital develops mobile technologies that are at the core
of devices, networks, and services worldwide. We solve many of the
industry's most critical and complex technical challenges,
inventing solutions for more efficient broadband networks and a
richer multimedia experience years ahead of market deployment.
InterDigital has licenses and strategic relationships with many of
the world's leading wireless companies. Founded in 1972,
InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ and is included in the S&P
MidCap 400® index.
InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.
For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.
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