InterDigital’s Service-Based Architecture Forms Heart of 5G Media Experiences Competition
July 11 2019 - 4:00AM
InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC), a mobile and video technology
research and development company, today highlights its involvement
in the recent “Urban Hacking in 5G” event in Bristol (17th-20th
June). The event saw competing creative software teams use 5G
technology, specifically mobile edge computing, to design and
implement applications that deliver new media experiences within
urban settings.
The 5G technology for the event was provided by
FLAME – Facility for Large-scale Adaptive Media Experimentation – a
European H2020 project, which seeks to transform the user
experience by delivering faster access to media and new services
through 5G.
InterDigital provided its Service-Based
Architecture (SBA) solution at the heart of the FLAME platform. The
SBA solution utilizes InterDigital’s FLIPS (Flexible IP Services)
technology suite to combine multicast technology with content
caching and enables HTTP requests to be flexibly routed on top of
an SDN-based transport network. By using FLIPS, latency can be
dramatically reduced and throughput increased, resulting in higher
resource efficiency and speed of delivery for IP-based services.
This SBA solution has recently been included as one of three
possible deployment choices for 3GPP’s enhanced SBA in the current
Release 16 specification.
The event was designed to create a sustainable
Future Media Internet ecosystem through innovation embedded on the
5GUK Test Network infrastructure. Software teams were challenged to
create inclusive, participative and entertainment experiences that
could potentially be enjoyed by the public. In addition to
providing its SBA solution as part of the FLAME platform during the
event, InterDigital also sponsored the event’s awards. First place
was awarded to the ‘Aces’ team who proposed an innovative
application idea intended to enable a two-way conversation between
users and their environment, such as an immersive tourist
experience of the city throughout history.
Dirk Trossen, Senior Principal Engineer at
InterDigital Europe, said “As mobile network operators begin their
5G deployments, attention now turns to the applications and
services that will run on them. Events like these are crucial in
validating the underlying infrastructure and demonstrating many new
exciting use cases. We are delighted that we were able to play such
an important role in this 5G test-bed, and foster innovation for 5G
services and applications of the future.”
The use of InterDigital’s SBA in this event
follows similar recent deployments. In March, the SBA solution was
used in a smart tourism showcase in Bristol in collaboration with
360° Virtual Reality (VR) platform provider Mativision, which saw a
group of users experience a guided city tour of a designated site
through VR headsets running on 5G technology. It was also used in a
trial which saw Belgian broadcaster VRT conduct a media trial with
user-generated content for next generation media reporting.
Further information on the event and the work of the FLAME
consortium can be found here.
About the FLAME consortium
The FLAME consortium consists of: University of Southampton,
InterDigital Europe, Atos Spain, ETH Zurich, Fundacio Privada
I2CAT, Internet I Innovacio Digital A Catalunya, i2CAT, Institut
Municipal d’Informatica de Barcelona, Martel Innovate, Nextworks,
The Walt Disney Company, University of Bristol, and VRT.
About InterDigital®
InterDigital develops mobile and video 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, better video delivery, and richer multimedia experiences
years ahead of market deployment. InterDigital has licenses and
strategic relationships with many of the world's leading technology
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.
InterDigital
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