BRISTOL, United Kingdom,
March 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
(Layered Realities Weekend 5G Showcase) -- University of
Bristol, Smart Internet Lab,
leverages Xilinx® (NASDAQ: XLNX) silicon technology to deploy and
demonstrate the world's first end-to-end 5G urban network.
This flexible and programmable 5G network testbed consisting
of 5G NR radio heads connected to the 5G virtualized baseband pool
using multiple protocols with dynamic low latency aggregation and
elastic bandwidth allocation into the fibre backhaul utilising an
end to end SDN controlled environment. Use cases are demonstrated
in a hyper-connected Smart City environment, Augmented Reality,
Autonomous Transport, and Smart Tourism are being showcased with
this 5G network testbed. The project is funded by the UK
Government's Department of Digital Culture Media and Sports
(DCMS).
The 5th generation of wireless access networks are expected to
meet system and service requirements of the new use cases and
applications in 2020 and beyond. Connecting industries and enabling
new services is the most significant aspect of 5G in preparation to
meet the demands of the information society of 2020. The 4th
generation, or 4G LTE, is all about people and places with
communication and information sharing being the core theme. 5G
extends the scope to machines by adding reliable and resilient
control and monitoring to the 4G theme of communication and
information sharing. This shift has a profound impact on the system
requirements and design principles. 5G vision is all encompassing
and touches all aspects of our lives from how we produce goods,
manage energy and environment in process of production, transport,
store, and consume goods, to how we live, work, commute, entertain,
and even relax.
"We have taken the challenge to design and deploy the world's
first 5G urban network at Bristol
and demonstrate services to the public on the 17th and 18th of
March," said Dimitra Simeonidou, Director, Smart Internet Lab at
the University of Bristol.
"Central to our architecture has been flexibility and
programmability of the network edge, including traffic aggregation
and computing, as well as disaggregation of hardware hosted network
functions across the infrastructure. We widely used Xilinx's
platform to support this architecture. Our 5G open hardware
solutions are fully transferable and there are already plans for
deployments in other cities across the UK and Europe."
Xilinx All Programmable FPGA and SoCs are playing a critical
role in implementing 5G proof of concepts, test beds and early
commercialization trials for eMBB, URLLC, and mMTC use cases.
Merchant silicon does not exist and ASICs are not viable this early
in 5G standardization phase. The key value proposition of the
platforms based on Xilinx All Programmable FPGAs & SoCs is that
these systems can be dynamically repurposed to support any function
and enhanced algorithmic implementations to address those multiple
different use cases.
"Xilinx has a long history of driving innovations, industry
standards, proof of concepts, testbeds and successful
commercialization of the technology compliant to constantly
evolving standards to meet perpetual growth in demand for
connectivity and bandwidth," said Farhad
Shafai, VP Xilinx Communications Business. "Xilinx is a
leading technology provider for multiple markets such as
communications, cloud computing, industrial, automotive, medical,
broadcast, and public safety. 5G megatrend is a unique opportunity
to leverage years of multi-market leadership and technology
investments at Xilinx to enable industry to meet demands of the
connected information society of 2020."
About Xilinx
Xilinx is a leading provider of All
Programmable semiconductor products, including FPGAs, SoCs, MPSoCs,
RFSoCs and 3D ICs. Xilinx uniquely enables applications that are
both software defined and hardware optimized – powering industry
advancements in Cloud Computing, 5G Wireless, Embedded Vision and
Industrial IoT. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.
About the Smart Internet Lab
The Smart Internet Lab at
the University of Bristol, is a
hub for internet research which addresses grand societal and
industrial challenges. With more than 200 experts and advanced
laboratory infrastructure, we perform cutting edge research on
optical and wireless communications. We offer a unique
holistic approach to hardware and software co-design solving
critical problems in the global internet evolution. Our innovative
research on end-to-end, wired-wireless network design and
optimization is pushing the boundaries of digital living and
communications. Our exceptional track record for performing 5G
research with specific focus on fibre and 5G convergence is
evidenced by significant funding from the UK Government, EU and
industry (e.g. EPSRC TOUCAN, INITIATE, NDFIS, EU: 5G-Xhaul,
5GPICTURE, mmMAGIC, FUTEBOL, FLAME and 5GinFIRE, DCMS UK
Government).
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