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VTT participates in developing new 5G technology
and business opportunities based on smart light pole
networks
Our cities face great challenges to improve safety, energy
efficiency, air quality, effectivity of transportation and quality
of living. In smart cities, there is a growing need for a new
generation digital service infrastructure, which enables
improved data capacity for citizens and new service and
business opportunities for companies. The ever growing need
for more data capacity in mobile telecommncations networks
is a great challenge.
LuxTurrim5G projects answers the challenges by taking into
use small cell radio frequency (RF) technologies and higher
frequencies to provide higher data capacity. The small cell
solution needs a dense network of antennas setting new
requirements for the network infrastructure. LuxTurrim5G
will develope and demonstrate concrete technical solutions
for smart light pole based 5G infrastructure, and business
and service innovations based on that. The smart light poles
will include integrated miniaturized 5G antennas and base
stations, different sensors, screens and other devices enable
the realization of a novel smart city infrastructure bringing not
only energy-efficient smart LED lighting but especially big data
capacity and a variety of new smart city services available for
all users.
LuxTurrim5G will be carried out by Finnish companies and
research institutes: Nokia Bell Labs, Sitowise, Exel Composites,
Premix, Lammin Ikkunat ja Ovet, Vaisala, Teleste, Indagon,
C2 Smart Light, VTT, Tampere University of Technology, Aalto
University and Spinverse.
Together with its partners, VTT will develope fast high
data capacity 5G radio and antenna solutions, which is the
key for the the smart light pole based telecommunications
network. VTT participates also in producing suitable small cell
architectures and open interfaces enabling, for example, the
integration of a various sensors into the poles by the industry
partners in LuxTurrim5G. Furthermore, VTT helps to develope
postioning solutions for the smart light pole network and
participates in studies for finding suitable materials improving
mobile signals transport in modern smart buildings.
In addition to 5G technology development, new service
infrastructures, digital ecosystems and related new business
models and methods are central to LuxTurrim5G. The
business development experts in VTT will work together with
the consotium partners to create such models and methods.
Envision a World with Thunderbolt 3 Everywhere
Intel has a long history of leading the industry in I/O innovation.
In the late 1990s, Intel developed USB, which made it easier and
faster to connect external devices to computers, consolidating a
multitude of existing connectors. Intel continues its I/O innovation
leadership with Thunderbolt™ 3, one of the most significant cable
I/O updates since the advent of USB.
Intel’s vision for Thunderbolt was not just to make a faster
computer port, but a simpler and more versatile port available
to everyone. We envision a future where high-performance
single-cable docks, stunning photos and 4K video, lifelike VR,
and faster-than-ever storage are commonplace. A world where
one USB-C connector does it all – today, and for many years to
come. With this vision in mind, Intel is announcing that it plans
to drive large-scale mainstream adoption of Thunderbolt by
integrating Thunderbolt 3 into future Intel CPUs and by releasing
the Thunderbolt protocol specification to the industry next year.
With Thunderbolt 3 integrated into the CPU, computer makers can
build thinner and lighter systems with only Thunderbolt 3 ports.
For the first time, all the ports on a computer can be the same
– any port can charge the system and connect to Thunderbolt
devices, every display and billions of USB devices. Designs based
on Intel’s integrated Thunderbolt 3 solution require less board
space and reduce power by removing the discrete component
needed for existing systems with Thunderbolt 3.
In addition to Intel’s Thunderbolt silicon, next year Intel plans
to make the Thunderbolt protocol specification available to the
industry under a nonexclusive, royalty-free license. Releasing the
Thunderbolt protocol specification in this manner is expected to
greatly increase Thunderbolt adoption by encouraging third-party
chip makers to build Thunderbolt-compatible chips. We expect
industry chip development to accelerate a wide range of
new devices and user experiences.
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