Seamless cross-border 5G connectivity for vehicles in Luxembourg
Ericsson, POST Luxembourg and Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes (htw saar) collaborate in new 5G trial to demonstrate 5G service continuity on public roads for border regions.
A new 5G trial has been successfully performed in Luxembourg with POST Luxembourg using two Ericsson-equipped 5G networks. This forms a part of 5GCroCo, a project which aims to demonstrate uninterrupted cross-border connectivity for vehicles.
In the trial, htw saar, the University of Applied Sciences in Saarbrücken, Germany, conducted several hundred kilometers of drive testing to make sure that the vehicles remained connected to one of the two Ericsson 5G networks. These networks, located in towns at the borders of Luxembourg and Germany, are part of the European 5G cross-border corridor between Metz in France, Merzig in Germany and Luxembourg.
Without a seamless network handover during border crossing, no data can be transmitted for several minutes resulting in white spots for HD Mapping services. However, as shown in these trials, with service continuity enabled vehicles can remain connected, as if they were travelling from network cell to network cell within one country.
Gaston Bohnenberger, director of POST Technologies, says: “This first 5G trial on Luxembourg’s borders together with Ericsson and htw saar has shown the interest of uninterrupted high-level connectivity for end users.”
Remi de Montgolfier, General Manager Ericsson Belgium-Luxembourg, says: “The 5GCroCo project gives us the capability to innovate in Europe, and in this case in Luxembourg. We are very pleased to have worked on this project and have seamless connected mobility among 5G networks across country borders. The 5GCroCo project is the start in developing the next generation of mobility.”
Following this milestone, 5GCroCo partners are preparing to demonstrate further Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) services including warnings about broken down vehicles and traffic jams within the Anticipated Cooperative Collision Avoidance (ACCA) use case and Tele-operated Driving (ToD).
About the 5GCroCo project:
5GCroCo aims at trialing 5G technologies in the cross-border corridor connecting the cities of Metz-Merzig-Luxembourg, traversing the borders between France, Germany, and Luxembourg. The 5GCroCo project provides the possibility of Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) services when vehicles cross various national borders.
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