dr tim forde 21st october 2019 - cambridge wireless · 2019-10-22 · application enabling platform...

Dr Tim Forde

21st October 2019

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CONNECT Vision

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

LindaDoyleTCD

PeterKennedy

UCD

CianO’Mathuna

Tyndall

Dirk PeschUCC

Siobhan Clarke

TCD

LuizDaSilva

TCD

BrendanJennings

WIT

Max AmmannTU Dublin

CormacSreenan

UCC

Ronan Farrell

Maynooth

Liam BarryDCU

KenBrown

UCC

StephenBrown

Maynooth

BarryCardiff

UCD

StevenDavyWIT

JohnDonegan

TCD

WillieDonnelly

WIT

VanessaEgan

UL

SasiBalasubramaniam

WIT

MarkHalton

UL

MarkFlanagan

UCD

AndrewHinesUCD

DougLeithTCD

NiicolaMarchetti

TCD

IvanO’ Connell

Tyndall

Brendan O’FlynnTyndall

DavidMalone

Maynooth

FrancescoPillaUCD

JeffPunch

UL

AidanQuinn

Tyndall

JamesRohanTyndall

BrendanMullane

UL

TonyScanlon

UL

MarcoRuffini

TCD

AndingZhuUCD

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS

FUNDED INVESTIGATORS

PrinceAnandarajah

DCU

Elena Blokina

UCD

MélanieBouroche

TCD

Anna Davies

TCD

IvanaDusparic

TCD

NaomiHarteTCD

Daniela IacopinoTyndall

GeorgiosIosifidis

TCD

David McCloskey

TCD

AislingO’ Driscoll

UCC

Alan O’Riordan

Tyndall

Tim Persoons

TCD

KafilRazeebTyndall

SusanReaCIT

TonyRobinson

TCD

IvanaSavic

Tyndall

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Industry Relevance

Field Weighted Citation Impact

Source: Elsevier’s SciVal (accessed 4 October 2019)

Benchmarking CONNECT against peer research organisations.

Multinationals New partners

SMEs

Local Government & Semi-State

Reports, a set of measurements, simulations, analytical analyses, designs, components, devices, prototype systems, software, proofs of a concept, publications, market frameworks, policy statements, opinions, events, installations, programmes …

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WHY ARE WE ENABLING 5G NETWORKS?

FORESEEN

EXISTING

FORESEEN

UNFORESEEN

EXISTING

(and beyond)

sharing

virtualisation

E2E: optical + wireless

densification

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LEARNING BY DOING IN THE WILD

A national scale infrastructure that allows all stakeholders in the IoT LPWA market and user base, to engage, learn, interact, innovate, speculate, explore, test-at-scale, make mistakes, evolve, find business models, and prepare at home for global markets.

LORA

SIGFOX

RPMA

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GATEWAYSENSORS /

DEVICESNETWORK

SERVERDATA

CONNECT DATA CENTRE

Other Third-Party

Open Source

davra networks

Other Third-Party

CustomIn-house

APPLICATION ENABLING PLATFORM

BACKHAUL

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BINS

BIKES

TREES

FREEZERS

METERS

PORTS

HERD LAMENESS

BOGS

GREENHOUSE

MASTITIS

POLLUTION

BUILDING MANAGEMENT

RAINFALL

RIVER LEVELS

GULLIES

What we’ve learned so far• Sensors are still a limiting factor.• Batteries aren’t ready.• Opex is much higher than

anticipated.• Partnering is essential.• LPWAN being deployed as

enterprise ‘small cells’.• Still no killer vertical.

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Tech & Startup

Community

Universities &

Research Centres

Business

Owners

Communities

& Residents

Innovation Ecosystem

Ideas/Challenges

Innovation

Theme Sub-Categories

Movement & Flows → Congestion, traffic, origin/destination, deliveries

Environmental → Water quality, air quality, noise pollution, waste

Extreme Weather → Flooding, snowfall etc

Sustainable Mobility → Walking, cycling, public transport, shared mobility, EV,

MaaS

Physical Infrastructure &

Assets

→ Quality of road surface, accessibility of sidewalk,

mapping of assets

Energy → Metering, Smart grid, renewables, SECs

Vibrant Economy → Tourism/Events - Euro 2020, Failte Ireland -

orientation, 3Arena,

CCD, CHQ, Aviva, Dublin Port Cruise

Connectivity & Networks → 5G, 4G, LPWAN, IoT Networks, coverage gaps,

network planning

Safety/Security → Crime, anti-social behaviour, perception of safety

Citizen Engagement /

Connected Citizen

→ Citizen sensing, engagement, crowd sourcing,

apps

Social → Skills, housing, unemployment

CellularLPWAN

Connectivity Infrastructure

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WHY DOES THE CITY CARE ABOUT SMALL CELLS?

NEW BUSINESS MODELS / USE CASES

Rethinking how we utilize city assets

Working across silos

Where to deploy fiber to poles for 5G?

102 Bike Station Kiosks

45,000 Street Lights

600 RTPI signs

600 Smart Parking Meters

1000 Smart Bins?

Developing an asset utilisation strategy

DCC building stock (25k)

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FACILIATING TRIALS

SUMMER 2017

Smart Docklands - Small Cells

Neutral Host – Small Cell – 5G Trial Network

Deployed Outdoor Deployed Indoor

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EXPLORING USE CASES

5G plans in Dublin

- Network Equipment deployment – Indoor and Outdoor

- AR Heritage/Tourism Trial

- Smart Buildings /IoT

- UEFA Euro 2020

Tourism / Heritage Trail – AR

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IDENTIFYING &REMOVINGROADBLOCKS

Challenges

Remaining

• Densification Challenges

• Economics and business model

• Fare and equitable access

• Roadmap and national strategy

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Due to be published end of October

Thank you

[email protected]

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