Carleton University is partnering with Swedish telecom giant Ericsson on a $2-million project to research real-world applications for 5G networks.
The Ericsson-Carleton University Partnership for Research and Leadership in 5G Wireless Networks announced this week it is establishing a new chair in 5G wireless research to explore technology such as systems that allow drones to be controlled beyond a pilot’s line of sight using advanced wireless communications.
“Anything that requires information transmission will happen on 5G,” Ioannis Lambadaris, the new chair in 5G wireless research and a professor in Carleton’s Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, said in a statement.
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“Fibre optics will retreat into the background and 5G wireless will be what consumers actually interact with. The new 5G infrastructure will seamlessly integrate into every aspect of life – from entertainment to emergency response to communications.”
Ericsson is investing $1 million in the new initiative, an amount that’s being matched by Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s Alliance Grant program. It comes two years after the Swedish tech giant inked a partnership to establish networking labs and a new centre of excellence in 5G wireless technology on the Carleton campus.
The new program adds to Ericsson’s already significant presence in the National Capital Region.
Ericsson’s Kanata R&D site – established in the fire sale of Nortel Networks’ assets in 2009 – is among the company’s largest such facilities in North America, employing roughly 1,500 people today.
