A Real Case of Implementation of the Future 5G City

Dania Marabissi, Lorenzo Mucchi, Romano Fantacci, Maria Rita Spada, Fabio Massimiani, Andrea Fratini, Giorgio Cau, Jia Yunpeng and Lucio Fedele
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Dania Marabissi: Department of Information Engineering, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
Lorenzo Mucchi: Department of Information Engineering, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
Romano Fantacci: Department of Information Engineering, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
Maria Rita Spada: WindTre, 00148 Rome, Italy
Fabio Massimiani: WindTre, 00148 Rome, Italy
Andrea Fratini: OpenFiber, 00142 Rome, Italy
Giorgio Cau: OpenFiber, 00142 Rome, Italy
Jia Yunpeng: ZTE, 00142 Rome, Italy
Lucio Fedele: ZTE, 00142 Rome, Italy

Future Internet, 2018, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: The fifth generation (5G) of wireless communication systems is considered the key technology to enable a wide range of application scenarios and the effective spreading of the smart city concept. Vertical business use cases, specifically designed for the future 5G city, will have a strong economical and social impact. For this reason, ongoing 5G field trials have to test newly deployed technologies as well as the capability of 5G to create a new digital economy. This paper describes the 5G field trial environment that was launched in Italy at the end of 2017. The aim is to evaluate the capability of the 5G network of supporting innovative services with reference to suitably designed key performance indicators and to evaluate the opportunities offered by these services. Indeed, vertical business use cases, specifically designed for the future 5G city, with a strong economic and social impact, are under implementation and will be evaluated. In particular, the paper provides a detailed description of the deployment of an actual complete integrated 5G network. It shows how 5G is effective enabling technology for a wide range of vertical business and use cases. Indeed, its flexibility allows to satisfy completely different performance requirements of real services. Some preliminary results, obtained during the first phase, are presented for a smart mobility scenario.

Keywords: 5G; smart city; field-test; use cases (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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