5G Network Testing and Development at Your Fingertips
The IEEE 5G/6G Innovation Testbed is a cloud-based, private, secure, end-to-end 5G testing platform that enables experimentation. By providing an efficient, low-cost, and collaborative testing and development environment, you and your partners can get 5G products and services to market faster.
As a network of integrated open-source components, this technology avoids challenges that come with relying on fixed proprietary solutions. It also grants flexibility in adjusting, transforming, and introducing new network functions or features, which further enhances current 5G technology and helps define future 6G functions.
Backed by IEEE’s mission as a neutral and trusted global technical association, this platform creates a secure and easily accessible environment for breaking new ground to develop the next generation of technology innovations. Operators, equipment vendors, and application developers are encouraged to work together on a wide range of industry applications to pave the way for speedier and smoother real world deployments.
Features and Benefits
With access to the 5G/6G Innovation Testbed, users can:
- Test: Efficient, economic 5G conformity testing within the 3GPP standards ecosystem
- Experiment: Flexible, scalable, and “always on” for CICD development within a wide range of 5G use cases and scenarios
- Collaborate: Increase efficiency and speed innovation through collaborative testing and development with partner companies
- Innovate: Adjust, transform, and integrate new network functions or features
Empower Your Institution with the “Fast Lane” to 5G and 6G Discovery.
Driving Academic Excellence and Recruitment
- Attract Top Talent: Differentiate your institution by providing students and cutting-edge professors with access to a functioning 5G testing and development platform based on the latest 3GPP standards.
- Modernize Curriculum: For universities lacking modern 5G infrastructure, the Testbed provides an immediate, low-cost way to stay competitive and supplement lectures with learning-by-doing for 5G features like Network Slicing and Open-RAN.
- Global Accessibility: Remove geographic and physical limitations. Undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students can access the platform via subscription from anywhere in the world in real time.
Accelerating Research and Grant Acquisition
- Data-Driven Grant Proposals: Researchers can conduct proof-of-concept (PoC) and use-case experiments to generate the high-fidelity data required for inclusion in PhD theses, successful grant applications, journal submissions, and conference presentations.
- Theory to Application: Provide students and researchers a sandbox for iterative development, allowing them to test the impact of novel algorithms, encryption methods, and network functions.
How to Get Access
Take the first step to getting access to this cutting-edge resource for your organization. Contact an IEEE representative today to learn more about the IEEE 5G/6G Innovation Testbed.
