Industry association WBA has completed a proof of concept (PoC) for advanced public Wifi OpenRoaming, first trialled in June 2021, to enable users to connect to Wifi and move between Wifi and mobile connections. did.
The PoC took place in Shoreditch, London, and was conducted in partnership with CIN, a provider of street communications infrastructure assets. Colt Technology Services, a digital infrastructure company; GlobalReach Technology is a provider of high-performance wireless ISP services and solutions.
WBA OpenRoaming is an open connectivity framework that automatically and securely connects billions of users and things to millions of Wifi networks around the world through roaming federation services.
This allows users to securely and automatically connect to Wifi using the selected profile on their device. Mobile carriers can choose to selectively offload cellular traffic to Wi-Fi to ensure users always have the best connection.
This PoC is based on CIN’s “Street Arc” concept, a street infrastructure solution that supports mobile networks, Wifi networks, edge, and IoT networks.
Originally developed to enable wireless densification for mobile phone operators, Street Arc has been updated to integrate OpenRoaming functionality, providing support for high-traffic areas, poor signal hours, or You can now seamlessly and securely offload cellular traffic to Wi-Fi during periods of high density. Traffic jams such as big events.
Street Arc installations use Cisco Meraki MR36 access points and GlobalReach’s GlobalRo.am app to allow users to seamlessly connect to Wifi networks via automatic connections supported by the OpenRoaming standard. Fiber and network connectivity will be provided by Colt.
Tiago Rodrigues, CEO of the Wireless Broadband Alliance, said: “Cities and municipalities are looking to provide high-quality, secure, and automated Wi-Fi connectivity, and this is exactly what OpenRoaming provides.
“This is the kind of initiative that our organization supports and supports our mission to enable collaboration between service providers, technology companies, cities, regulators and organizations.
“We look forward to widespread deployment of these services following the successful completion of this real-world proof of concept.”
