The project of 5G City

Open Fiber – The “5G City” project prioritises citizens’ needs.

Open Fiber – The “5G City” project will maximise the use of innovative solutions and applications and taking full advantage of the opportunities connected with the fourth industrial revolution through the efficient and optimised management of frequencies and, more generally, infrastructure resources.

In the 5G city technological development and the diversified array of available services, able to interact with citizens and machines, will bring about significant improvements in life quality.

Use cases were identified by analysing the strategic role of 5G networks and their relative predicted economic and social impacts in the areas of Prato and L’Aquila. More specifically, it is hoped that the 5G networks will represent an enabling factor for various use cases, improving the quality of life of the community in the two provincial capitals in different sectors, from telemedicine to industry 4.0Industry 4.0 This term refers to the fourth industrial revolution and envisions a production process based on the connection between physical and digital systems, complex analyses through Big Data and real-time adaptations. In other words: use of web-connected machines, analysis of information from the web and the possibility of more flexible management of the production cycle. Enabling technologies range from 3D printers to robots programmed for certain functions, via cloud-based data management and data analysis to detect production weaknesses and strengths. It is the IoT applied to industrial production., public security to the promotion of cultural heritage through virtual and augmented realityAugmented reality A form of virtual reality in which computer-generated information elements are superimposed on the real scene perceived by a viewer. Applications based on augmented reality require the use of special glasses or devices with a camera such as a smartphone, so that images of reality can be overlaid with pictures, captions, and diagrams. Examples include applications that draw the outline of constellations by framing the stars in the night sky, games that immerse characters in an everyday environment, furniture simulators to display furniture inside empty houses, etc..

The 5G City project will be developed over a period of time with planned delivery in 2020 and in the final year will involve a commercial trial phase in order to test the innovative services developed by the Partners.

Here follows a short summary of the ‘use cases’ that will be developed in Prato and L’Aquila.