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Vodafone, Huawei Demo Tele-operated Vehicle over Pre-Standard 5G Network

Vodafone, Huawei Demo Tele-operated Vehicle over Pre-Standard 5G Network Image Credit: Huawei

Vodafone and Huawei recently demonstrated for the first time in Europe showed how pre-standard 5G can be used by an authorized operator to remotely control a vehicle.

The test was carried out in cooperation with the 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) at the University of Surrey and the Technical University of Munich (TUM). In this demonstration of pre-standard 5G, the vehicle was located on the University of Surrey campus and was controlled from London’s ExCel centre using a fully encrypted connection.

5G could be used in future by trained and authorized operatives communicating over fully encrypted channels to remotely control machines working in particularly harsh or dangerous environments such as mining and waste disposal sites. It could also be used for the emergency control of autonomous vehicles.

The vehicle was controlled from 50km away with only six centimeters of braking deviation when it travelled at a speed of approximately 20 kilometers per hour because the end-to-end network delivered latency of less than 10 milliseconds (ms) and air interface latency of less than 1ms.

Luke Ibbetson, Head of Research and Development and Technology Strategy, Vodafone Group
The 5G standard is close to completion and it’s encouraging to see how important capabilities such as low latency and increased reliability are shaping up. This innovative demonstration shows us an exciting glimpse into the future, complementing 5G’s role in providing enhanced mobile broadband. 

Chaobin Yang, President of Huawei's 5G Product Line 
The 5G connected vehicle is one of the most important components of the ecosystem. This cooperation with Vodafone demonstrated that the 5G network has excellent ability to help the development of intelligent network technology accelerate the maturity of the industrial chain.

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