5G-ENCODE announced new project partner Accedian,
a leader in performance analytics and end user experience solutions. Accedian
brings performance monitoring and assurance to the project's network to help
demonstrate the power of industrial 5G use cases ranging from digital
transformation to improving sustainability.
Accedian will deploy its solution, Skylight, a
performance monitoring and test generation virtual platform, at the National
Composites Centre (NCC). It will enable granular and accurate real-time
visibility, anomaly detection, and analytics on the performance of 5G-ENCODE's
private 5G network. With 5G holding the key to unlocking digital transformation
for manufacturers, both in the UK and around the world, Accedian's monitoring
capabilities will support the project's goal to accelerate the realisation of
several business use cases. According to CapGemini
Research Institute analysis "2 out of 3 industrial companies believe that
guaranteed quality of service is critical for their digital transformation."
One of the advantages of 5G technology for industrial
settings is the potential it holds to help improve efficiency. Partnering with
Accedian will enable the 5G-ENCODE team to test the accuracy of partner Zeetta
Networks' patented network slicing and splicing in real time. Accedian measures
everything critical to the success of delivering each and every element of the
service chain. By using Zeetta Networks' technology, in conjunction with
accurate real-time performance data provided by Accedian, operators can set up
automatic network orchestration, whereby leftover network capacity is
redirected, making the factory more efficient and productive. As the
partnership progresses, benefits for additional 5G-ENCODE partners including
Telefonica, Siemens and others will also be explored.
Vassilis
Seferidis, co-founder and CEO at Zeetta Networks, leading partner at 5G-ENCODE
says: "One of the most innovative and useful benefits
associated with a private 5G network is that it can host slicing and splicing
technology. Partnering with Accedian enables us to gain greater insight into
the accuracy of this functionality, to help manufacturers redirect network
capacity to where it's needed on the factory floor. Not only will this have a
positive impact on the manufacturing sector's economic output but also on the
industry's steps towards working more sustainably."
Richard Piasentin,
Chief Strategy Officer at Accedian says: "5G
technology promises to revolutionize manufacturing not only with much needed
additional security for critical applications, but it delivers illusive
"dedicated resources" with guaranteed quality of service. Our collaboration
with the 5G-ENCODE project, takes us one step closer to proving the
capabilities of a network that will deliver quantifiable business value with
visibility and assurance for critical applications and the end user experience.
What we learn impacts the art of the possible with artificial intelligence and
virtual reality to enable a new generation of remote interaction across
industries from manufacturing, healthcare to gaming.
5G-ENCODE
switched on its
Phase
One network in 2020 at the NCC to test existing technologies and provide a
baseline against which the 5G network capabilities will be compared.