European H2020 RIFE Project Deploys Affordable 5G Network Trial in Small Community in Catalonia
February 27 2018 - 2:30AM
MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2018 — The race to 5G is
generally focused on breathtaking speeds and new, exciting
services, but one very important aspect of 5G gets less attention:
the effort to develop affordable next-gen services that improve
connectivity and capabilities for all. Today, InterDigital, Inc.
(NASDAQ:IDCC), a mobile technology research and development
company, announced that the RIFE (aRchitecture for an Internet For
Everybody) project has deployed a live consumer-facing trial of a
5G network architecture in the small community of Tarragona, Spain,
geared towards affordability and access. RIFE is part of the
European H2020 funding framework.
The trial features InterDigital’s software-based Flexible
IP-based Services (FLIPS) platform and community-supported hardware
through Guifi.net in Catalonia, Spain, the world’s largest
community network with 40,000+ nodes. The deployment is a fully
software-based switching and routing solution, based on
information-centric networking (ICN) principles, in a real-life
setting. The deployment team expects the solution to drive cost
reduction, increases in bandwidth utilization in the fronthaul
network and towards the peering links – typically the expensive
part in a community network – and the ability to easily host
community services. The Tarragona deployment is a pure software
installation, seeking to radically optimize existing
infrastructure.
“This trial highlights another facet of 5G. It is not just all
about bandwidth improvement or new AR/VR services, but also a focus
on the societal challenge of bringing affordable internet to more
people,” stated Dirk Trossen, Senior Principal Engineer,
InterDigital. “We have a tremendous opportunity to demonstrate our
fully software-based solution, based on information-centric
networking principles, in a real-life setting while making strides
towards the ultimate goal of making the internet affordable to
everyone.”
The RIFE project aims to address the major societal challenge of
providing affordable internet access to those who cannot afford it
by solving the technological challenge to increase the efficiency
of the underlying transport networks and the involved architectures
and protocols. The trial will initially be conducted for a month,
with plans to extend the trial to a full 12 months. RIFE is a
consortium of eight partners from six different countries including
Martel Innovate, Aalto University, University of Cambridge,
InterDigital Europe, Thales Alenia Space, Avanti, guifi.net, and
Technical University of Munich. For more information, please visit
https://rife-project.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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