5G Millimeter-Wave (mmW) spectrum offers much potential for industrial applications, such as access to large spectral bandwidth compared to sub 6 GHz spectrum (Sub6), potentially lower latencies, higher data rates, and easier management of interferences with adjacent 5G networks. A potential disadvantage of using mmW for industrial applications is the propagation physics with higher attenuation than Sub6 and the lack of available industrial 5G devices.
The testbed investigates the propagation and network quality of 5G mmW in an industrial environment, performance characteristics, and the implementation and investigation of different industrial use cases demanding for high uplink and downlink bandwidth as well as the potential for achieving ultra-low latencies.
