Cthings, an Edge IoT solutions provider, and Deutsche Telekom recently announced a successful live demonstration of 5G Network Slicing and quality on-demand open APIs at the launch of the hubraum 5G Testing Lab in Krakow, Poland. The demonstration featured Valmont's Smart Lamp Pole, an urban infrastructure solution developed with Cthings to enhance safety and security within smart cities.
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Successful 5G Network Slicing Demo
Utilising the features of the Standalone 5G Network in Deutsche Telekom's hubraum incubator lab, Cthings has successfully demonstrated the dynamic capabilities of network slicing to ensure high-quality and low-latency surveillance video streaming in real-time.
Precision in Quality-On-Demand
Cthings stated that in a live demonstration, they utilised 5G network slicing and open APIs to request on-demand quality for mission-critical surveillance video streaming in a congested environment. This approach is said to allow for precise adjustments in network parameters, ensuring optimal performance tailored to the requirements of the use case.
"The importance of 5G Network Slicing and open APIs in our portfolio of solutions cannot be overstated," emphasised Arnold Wierzejski, CEO at Cthings. "These technologies enable us to dynamically allocate network resources, ensuring that critical applications receive the necessary quality and performance they demand."
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Other Use Cases
The edge IoT solutions provider stated that video streaming is just one of the many use cases, including autonomous vehicles, remote operations, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, for Quality on-demand APIs and 5G Network Slicing.
Valmont's Smart Lamp Pole is one of the many turnkey applications built upon Orchestra, which is Cthings' flagship solution for edge computing and hybrid cloud orchestration. Orchestra is said to offer agnostic Networking as a Service (NaaS) through multiple connectivity standards, including 5G.
