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USE CASE 2 - STATIC INFRASTRUCTURE INSPECTION An electrical distribution substation has a fixed geographic
footprint, which is likely serviceable by a single communication
There are 60,000 energy distribution substations in the United network cell. Access to the substation is controlled; therefore,
States. Efficient maintenance of many, often remote, substations ground risk is more easily mitigated, making the safety case for
is a key industry challenge. Drone-in-a-box solutions provide remote BVLOS operations easier.
WHAT IS OPEN potential remedies for costly inspections.

GENERATION & WHY 5G? For this use case, we assume that
there is a UAS stationed onsite
for regular inspection dispatch.
Only one drone is flown within the
substation perimeter. The drone
can fly pre-programmed flight
routes, but network connectivity is
required onsite at the substation for
the pilot to intervene as required.

USE CASE 3 - EMERGENCY RESPONSE USE CASE 4 - INDOOR INSPECTION AND SECURITY
Drones can play an important role in providing first responders Drones are used indoors to fly programmatically defined
with aerial views from an incident, from traffic collisions to missions over pre-determined routes, visit waypoints to collect
hazmat scenarios. In such situations, drones could transmit images in real-time, and stream video for indoor inspections,
high quality video as well as data from other sensors to first warehouse inventory management, or indoor security. A
responders. Access to such data would help first responders drone’s ability to follow a path and provide real-time video
assess the incident severity and optimize resources to be uplink is central to the application.
dispatched to the scene. Drones could also be deployed quickly
and arrive at the incident scene much faster than ground Missions may be started by schedule or on-demand. The
vehicles. drone is equipped with cellular modems and uses an indoor
private 5G network throughout the mission. The drone is
The drones participating in this use case are 5G-enabled and equipped with a collision avoidance system to avoid hitting
must maintain connectivity with the remote pilot in command walls, equipment, furniture, people, or other installations in the
(RPIC) so that the pilot can fly the drone at any time during the building (e.g., sprinkler systems).
operation or for the entire operation. Initially, a scenario with
up to three drones simultaneously operating within the area is
under consideration.

Open Generation Working Groups Rel-18 items and prototyping them to determine if they are
suitable solutions to the challenges presented.
These four use cases have been identified as key examples
of drone operations that can be enabled with the help of Collaborating members perform experiments and
5G innovation. With an initial description and identification simulations, publish results and performance metrics, and
of key challenges and requirements of each use case, Open note improvement areas. Through this approach, Open
Generation working groups propose architectures based on Generation demonstrates the feasibility of commercial 5G
5G functionality as well as experiments to assess and validate drone operations to alleviate concerns for operational risks,
performance. including operation beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS).
Data will be provided to 3GPP to help guide future 3GPP
The Implementation, Testbeds, & Experimentation Working functionality as well as identify any potential areas of concern
Group plans and executes experiments for the specific with existing functionality.
use cases identified by our Advanced Use Cases & Devices
Working Group, using solutions proposed by our Architecture https://opengeneration.mitre-engenuity.org/
& Solutions Working Group. Some of these are taking 3GPP
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