5G-DRIVE

Link to project website: https://5g-drive.eu/

Social Media: https://twitter.com/5GDRIVE/

Contact: 5G-DRIVE-Contact@5g-ppp.eu

Objectives

5G-DRIVE’s objectives are structured into three main areas: technical, regulatory and business objectives:

Technical objectives

• Build pre-commercial end-to-end testbeds in two cities with sufficient coverage to perform extensive eMBB and Internet of Vehicles (IoV) trials. Joint test specifications will be defined through the collaborative agreement with the Chinese project.
• Develop and trial key 5G technologies and services, including (but not limited to) massive multi-input multi-output (MIMO) at 3.5GHz, end-to-end network slicing, mobile edge computing (MEC) for low latency services and V2X, software-defined networking (SDN) for transport and core network, and network and terminal security.
• Develop and trial cross-domain network slicing techniques across two regions for new services.
• Demonstrate IoV services using Vehicle-to-Network (V2N) and Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communications operating at 3.5GHz and 5.9GHz, respectively.
• Analyse potential system interoperability issues identified during the trials in both regions and to provide joint reports, white papers, and recommendations to address them accordingly.
• Submit joint contributions to 3GPP and other 5G standardisation bodies regarding the key 5G technologies developed and evaluated in the project.

Regulatory objectives

• Evaluate spectrum usage at 3.5GHz for indoor and outdoor environments in selected trial sites and to provide joint evaluation reports and recommendations on 5G key spectrum bands in Europe and China.
• Investigate regulatory issues regarding the deployment of V2X technologies, i.e. coexistence in the 5.9GHz band, and to provide joint reports.

Business objectives

• Investigate and promote 5G business potential through joint development of 5G use cases and applications.
• Strengthen industrial 5G cooperation between the EU and China.
• Promote early 5G market adoption through joint demonstrations in large showcasing events.

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