Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson have switched on the first 5G standalone private network at the Center Connected Industry (CCI) at RWTH Aachen Campus.
The end to end private network system is based on Ericsson‘s 5G standalone technology running in Deutsche Telekom’s 5G spectrum. The network is currently built as an indoor solution integrated with an autonomous logistics device to demonstrate possible industry use cases.
The CCI comprises of scientific institutions and industrial companies of many sizes and branches. Connectivity will be a key enabler to support industrial use cases and customers’ needs. Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson already set-up a dual slice campus network based on LTE last year.
The 5G standalone private network provides dedicated connectivity on the campus area, as it is completely independent from the public network. The network server, standalone core and radio system are all located on the campus. Therefore, the data in the private network never leaves the campus area.
After an initial trialing phase at the CCI campus Ericsson and Telekom will prepare first deployments for evaluations on customer sites later this year.
Antje Williams, SVP 5G Campus Networks, Deutsche Telekom
To prepare a complete solution around 5G private networks, it is essential now to have testfields where our ecosystems partners, customers and device builders, can test their critical applications to ensure their success.
