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5G Lan Testbed
Description
To facilitate the adoption of 5G in industrial networks, 3GPP introduced a new 5G feature called 5G LAN-type service in Release 16. The 5G LAN-type service aims to support similar functionalities of Local Area Networks, but on top of the 5G network. As a result, 5G LAN-type service would be expected to offer UE-to-UE communication with ultra-low latency, which is attractive for localised industrial control settings. The UCC testbed provides a platform for exploring challenging aspects of 5G LAN-service design and implementation.
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Internet of Things testbed
Description
The IoT testbed comprises of a large number of embedded sensing devices with different low power communication technologies including Bluetooth, IEEE802.15.4, LoRa and NB-IoT/LTE-M. We also have a number of Raspberry Pi devices from a RPi version 1 to RPi version 5. The testbed includes several electronic prototyping kits with sensors and actuators that can be attached to embedded devices. The testbed also includes an ultrasound and Bluetooth beacon based indoor localisation systems. We also have a number of programmable robots sporting Nvidia Jetson boards to support AI functions.
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Neutral Host Small Cell Testbed
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DenseAir Mobile Network Testbed
Description
This facility is part of a national cellular testbed providing a neutral platform that leverages dedicated, licensed spectrum to cater to the capacity and coverage requirements of multiple mobile operators in a single physical deployment. The UCC network comprises 14 small cells located in the Western Gateway Building,
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Vehicular Communications Equipment
Description
Equipment to support experimentation for V2X (vehicle to everything) communications. This comprises commercial off the shelf equipment but also equipment to build open source systems.
- Wireless: 4 x open source ITS-G5 On-Board Units (OBUs)
- Wireless: 2 x commercial ITS-G5 OBUs
- Wireless: 2 x commercial ITS-G5 Road-Side Units (RSUs)
- Cellular: 4 x commercial Cellular V2X (C-V2X) OBUs
- Cellular: 4 x commercial C-V2X RSUs
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Digital Hardware Design and SoC development with FPGAs
Description
Provision is present for Digital Hardware Design and Simulation. The facility comprises of different types of reconfigurable hardware or field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and related simulation platforms. Provision is present for developing Vision AI applications.
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Quantum Computing
Description
Provision is present for Digital Hardware Design and Simulation. The facility comprises of different types of reconfigurable hardware or field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and related simulation platforms. Provision is present for developing Vision AI applications.
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