The University of Tennessee, Knoxville and AT&T today opened the new AT&T 5G Lab at the UT Research Park at Cherokee Farms. The lab’s dedication will further advance both institutions’ commitment and ability to bring high-speed technology to meaningful use for Tennesseans.
“Our community can greatly benefit from having our faculty and students engage with real-world problems posed by the companies that live and work in our communities. We are committed to making people’s lives and livelihoods better,” said UT Knoxville President Donde Plowman.
UT is one of only six universities in the United States to collaborate with AT&T on research initiatives. In 2021, UT agreed to collaborate with AT&T on a research project that uses his 5G+ mmWave spectrum network in an experimental environment.
“We have a long history of collaborating with UT on projects that explore how to take advantage of emerging advanced technologies, and now we are excited to share what faculty and students here will learn about the capabilities of 5G high-speed broadband. I’m looking forward to it,” Joel said. Mr. Phillips is president of AT&T Tennessee. “It’s exciting to think that the innovations and applications that improve our lives tomorrow may begin with the ‘what if’ conversations in this new lab.”
The lab’s testbed equipment has been installed, allowing faculty and students to begin research and development across a variety of areas of interest.
UT Research said Deborah Crawford, vice provost. . “Working with organizations like AT&T creates high-impact solutions.”
5G wireless technology provides consumers with high-speed mobile broadband networks with ultra-low latency and better data capacity.
Research conducted in the new lab has potential applications in multiple fields.
Transportation applications include near real-time decision-making and control of vehicles, traffic monitoring, network optimization, secure 5G communication for transportation systems, and appropriate resource allocation for various transportation services.
Telemedicine applications may include predictive modeling that enables early detection of disease, contactless patient monitoring, remote surgery, and discreet health monitoring.
Smart agriculture applications may include low-cost and robust hardware. Sensors for crop, soil and animal monitoring. Self-driving tractor. and monitor the health of livestock.
Sports applications may include immersive and interactive sports experiences, virtual tours of stadiums, and player and team performance data.
At the event, attendees were shown a demonstration of how augmented reality can assist technicians performing critical work on aircraft landing gear while collaborating with subject matter experts in remote locations. Similar applications exist in areas such as incident management and security, where determining the exact location of people and assets is critical.
UT students and faculty demonstrated how 5G+ connectivity and multi-access edge computing combine to provide ultra-fast connectivity with ultra-low latency while keeping data within the UT Knoxville network.
Professor Aly Fathy of the Tickle College of Engineering plans to make this a core research focus for her lab going forward.
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