Jason Ford

C2I 2020 Information, Data & Connectivity winner: on track for 5G

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The AutoAir project hosted at Millbrook Proving Ground has put the UK 

in pole position in the race to utilise 5G and data on the go. Jason Ford reports.

Category: Information, Data & Connectivity

Project: AutoAir: UK 5G Test Bed for Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs)

Partners: Dense Air with Millbrook, Blu Wireless Technology, McLaren Applied Technologies, University of Surrey, Quortus, Real Wireless, Celestia Technologies, Telefonica (O2), Atkins

Category Sponsor: Babcock International Group

Car-to-car video calls at 100mph are just one of the tantalising concepts that can be investigated thanks to the UK’s first independent 5G network for transport at Millbrook Proving Ground.

Led by Dense Air, a UK-based neutral host network operator, the AutoAir project formally launched in February 2019, providing a 5G testbed that gives users a secure, high-speed mobile data network to support the development, testing and validation of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs).

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