The Power of 5G

Prof Luiz DaSilvaDirector of CONNECTTrinity College Dublin

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5G CityView Innovation AcceleratorDublin, 8 October 2019

CONNECT Vision

We envision a future of sustainably deployed, dependable networks that foster innovation in services, empower citizens, and improve quality of life 3

Multinationals New partners

SMEs

Local Government & Semi-State

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# of apps 1 1 2 a few countless

Analog

voice

Analog

voice

Digital

voice

Mobile

data

Broadband

data

(and beyond)

sharing

virtualisation

E2E: optical + wireless

densification

Networks of the future will be characterized by heterogeneityof spectrum usage regimesof ownership modelsof radio access technologiesof the locus of processing

where resources are shared and orchestrated to create bespoke, virtual networks designed for specific services

Doyle, Kibilda, Forde, and DaSilva, “Spectrum without Bounds, Networks without Borders,” Proceedings of the IEEE, 2014.

Innovation

Disruption

Inventing ways to improve communications and networked services

Anticipating solutions for an evolving landscape that renders the current ways obsolete

1Softwarisation changes the CAPEX/OPEX balance in network deployment and operations, and requires new skill sets

2There is a misalignment between investments required in fast evolving communications technologies and the ability to extract value and revenue from the network

3The anticipated explosion in the number of networked devices requires new thinking on how to build, power, and dispose of those devices

4New transmission technologies, and transmission at very high frequencies require rethinking the design of communication components and the planning of networks

5Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing ICT, bringing both challenges and opportunities for how to manage, monitor, and regulate increasingly complex networks

6Networks as business-critical infrastructures, and a new generation of services with strong safety implications, pose strict dependability requirements on networks

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125Company Relationships

30Active Projects

PERVASIVE NATION

1. UNIQUE ACADEMIC-OPERATED COUNTRYWIDE IOT TESTBED

2. INDUSTRY CAN USE IT TO TEST SOLUTIONS AT SCALE

3. BASED ON OPEN STANDARDS

4. HAS LED TO NEW INVENTIONS AND A START-UP

5. SERVING AS A BLUEPRINT FOR OTHER NETWORK

FACILITIES IN 5G AND BEYOND

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① We design networks that meet the requirements of the next generation of services

②We design networks that enable innovation in ways that we cannot currently envision

③ We do this from a combination of maths, experimentation, simulation, and taking into account the business and regulatory models that underpin the evolution of those networks

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