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WHAT IS OPEN

GENERATION & WHY 5G?

By Adrian Buckley and Leila Ribeiro

Someday drones will be ubiquitous, but network limitations, safety, and security concerns make
imagining a world where drones are delivering packages to our doorsteps almost impossible.
MITRE Engenuity’s Open Generation 5G Consortium was created to get to this future faster by
accelerating use cases enabled by the unique characteristics of 5G such as cloud-based solutions,
device-to-device communications, network slicing, and native edge computing.

Open Generation includes leaders from established private sector companies, start-ups, and
academia, working together to develop 5G innovation to solve real life challenges. Joining 3GPP
as a Marketing Representation Partner (MRP) allows Open Generation to play a leadership role
in shaping the future of the telecommunications industry, permitting both those inside the
consortium and members of 3GPP not in the consortium to benefit from its work.

UAS Ecosystem Initial Use Cases

The initial focus of Open Generation is on Uncrewed Aerial Drones today are being deployed for photography/
Systems (UAS) that uniquely benefit from the low latency videography, inspection, mapping, and logistics. However,
and high reliability of 5G technology. UAS is a complex use to unlock emerging applications of UAS, the industry must
case that operationalizes real-time knowledge collection and develop and agree on the solutions required for safe and
delivery services in indoor and outdoor environments. The reliable Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) operations and
large-scale infrastructure needed and hard technical solutions secure regulatory approval of BVLOS flights.
associated with UAS over 5G require end-to-end development 5G wireless networks have the potential to revolutionize
and collaborative interworking between industrial partners safety and reliability of BVLOS use cases. Open Generation
from across the ecosystem.
has selected four use cases to demonstrate that Command
and Control (C2) communications and Detect and Avoid (DAA)
systems used by UAS satisfy minimum levels of acceptable
risk.

USE CASE 1 - COMMERCIAL PACKAGE DELIVERY These delivery locations may be in urban, suburban, or
rural areas—each presents unique challenges for the UAS
Many companies are interested in using UAS to increase operation as well as for the communication technology.
product distribution, reduce delivery times, and achieve cost Therefore, coexisting with current users and utilizing existing
savings. This use case is focused on the last mile delivery of a infrastructure are key considerations for our evaluation and
package to its destination from a distribution center and will identification of innovation opportunities.
heavily rely on cellular networks for communication.

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