InterDigital Joins 5GROWTH Project to Advance 5G Solutions for Vertical Industries
July 03 2019 - 4:00AM
InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC), a mobile and video technology
research and development company, today announced its participation
in the 5GROWTH project. Part of the third phase of the H2020 5G
Infrastructure Public Private Partnership (5G-PPP) initiative,
5GROWTH is aimed at empowering vertical industries with automated
and intelligent 5G solutions.
5GROWTH aims to use field trials to validate and
optimize the performance of 5G systems deployed on the premises of
vertical industries – including Industry 4.0, transport and energy
– using automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven
solutions.
InterDigital will contribute to the deployment
and validation of 5G technologies for the Industry 4.0 pilot use
cases, combining latency-sensitive mission critical automation with
bandwidth-intensive video applications over 5G. InterDigital will
also contribute software-defined virtualized platforms for
distributed edge and fog computing. These solutions were originally
developed as part of the EU-Taiwan 5G-CORAL initiative, which was
launched in September 2017 and targets a data-driven distributed
services platform across the edge and fog for various applications,
including immersive 360o video and remote robot navigation. In
addition, InterDigital will lead the standardization advisory
committee set up in 5GROWTH to oversee the overall standardization
dissemination into key standard development organizations such as
3GPP, IETF, and ETSI.
“Collaboration is critical to the validation and
evolution of 5G, in particular to the support of vertical industry
use cases. To unlock 5G’s full potential, projects such as 5GROWTH
are essential, as the skillset and expertise contributed by each
consortium member, including vertical industry stakeholders,
significantly advances overall progression,” said Alain Mourad,
Director of Engineering at InterDigital. “We are delighted to be
contributing to 5GROWTH as it underpins one of our biggest focus
areas for 2019 – 5G use cases – and builds on our recent 5G
success.”
Launched in June 2019, 5GROWTH will begin
activity with nine field trials in the industry 4.0, transport and
energy sectors that will be conducted on four vertical-owned sites
located in Spain, Italy and Portugal. The project is expected to
run for two and a half years until the end of 2021.
5GROWTH is led by a consortium of 21 partners
from seven European countries, they include: global vendors
(Ericsson, InterDigital, NEC, Nokia), operators (Altice, Telecom
Italia, Telefonica), vertical industries (COMAU, EFACEC,
INNOVALIA), SMEs (Mirantis, Nextworks, Telcaria), and research
institutes and universities (CTTC, Instituto de Telecomunicações,
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Politecnico di
Torino University, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna and University Carlos
III of Madrid). The project received a grant of €14.1M from the
European Commission.
5GROWTH is part of H2020 5G-PPP, a joint
initiative between the European Commission and European ICT
industry which aims to deliver solutions, architectures,
technologies and standards for the next generation of communication
infrastructures of the coming decade.
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 Contact:Patrick Van de WilleEmail:
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