Adlershof is ahead of the game, because the digital networking in the Technology Park is unique within a radius of almost 1,000 kilometres.
What does that mean?
WISTA offers the right telecommunications infrastructure for every situation at the Adlershof Technology Park. Whether it's answering emails, transmitting measurement data or allowing machines to interact with each other. Public Wi-Fi throughout the campus, LoRaWAN and a 5G campus network provide the ideal conditions for Adlershof institutions.
The excellent telecommunications infrastructure in the Adlershof Technology Park guarantees the right network for all applications. The interaction of all components is special — and even unique within a radius of 1,000 kilometres:
Fibre optic network: 100-Gbit/s upgrade
The existing fibre optic network in Adlershof has been upgraded to 100 Gbit/s. The network serves as a backbone for applications in science and business, but also for the 5G network.
5G campus network
The fifth generation of the mobile communications standard builds on the existing LTE. In the technology park's own network, local companies can test their technologies and products while they are still in development. We also make the Adlershof 5G network available to external users in the a:head area for testing purposes. You can find more information below.
LoRaWAN
This is a network with a low data transmission rate, but over a long distance of several kilometres. This makes LoRaWAN ideal for transmitting small amounts of data, such as measurement data. The technology is open source — to gain access to the network in Adlershof, all you need to do is create an account with the network operator. After that, use is free of charge.
Public Wi-Fi
Free Wi-Fi with up to 10 Mbit/s is available throughout the entire core area of the Technology Park. We have summarised the ‘FreeWLAN Adlershof’ hotspots on a map. The allowance for each individual access point is 1 GB. The current default bandwidth is 1.5 Mbit/s. Please report any faults to the 1&1 Versatel service hotline on +49 30 6392-1111.
5G campus network in the Adlershof Technology Park
In February 2020, WISTA obtained Berlin's first campus licence for the new 5G mobile communications standard. This campus network has been available to all companies and scientific institutions in the Adlershof Technology Park to test their own use cases since spring 2022.
WISTA is making a basic version available to the public free of charge. Logicalis GmbH and its subsidiary siticom GmbH will implement special requirements for the network on behalf of WISTA. The local and temporary modifications are always highly customised.
Digital on-site: the a:head area
What does all this mean in practice? What do innovative 5G applications look like? This is exactly what WISTA wants to test - together with Adlershof companies. The so-called ‘a:head area’ (formerly the Melli-Beese-Kabinett at Forum Adlershof), a kind of digital workspace, is available for this purpose.
Interested companies can test their ideas extensively here. WISTA and its partners Logicalis and siticom will accompany the entire process, from initial tests and prototypes to the finished product and market launch. The mixed-reality company X-Visual GmbH and ASTI Mobile Robotics GmbH, a provider of mobile robot solutions, are the first examples of what is possible.
Would you like to test your own use cases in the a:head area? Or are you still unsure and want to find out more about the possibilities of the digital infrastructure in Adlershof? Simply send us an e-mail to 5G(at)wista.de.
360-degree view of the a:head area
What are the benefits of a campus network?
Campus networks are exclusive mobile networks for a predefined area – in this case the core area of the Adlershof Technology Park. This is also the decisive advantage: campus networks are customised to the individual needs of their users – in contrast to public networks.
This means that WISTA can control the individual parts, known as slices, in the 5G campus network. If a company needs special network parameters for its application, it can obtain these and does not have to share the network with other users, as is the case in public networks.
As a campus network is a closed network, the data transmitted within the network is also better protected. Innovations can thus be trialled and tested under clearly definable conditions. Disruptions also occur less frequently.
5G — what advantages does the mobile communications standard offer?
As the next generation and successor to LTE, 5G comes with significant innovations and improvements:
- with a speed of up to 10 Gbit/s, it is 100 times faster than its predecessor 4G,
- the delay/latency is significantly lower,
- the secure availability of the network is much higher and
- around 1 million devices can now interact with a single radio cell, which is 5,000 times as many as before
In short: 5G is the key technology wherever devices need to interact with each other securely, with low latency and quickly. This not only offers potential to improve existing products and services, but also to develop completely new business models.
You want more? Contact us
Would you like more information about the telecommunications infrastructure in Adlershof? Are you working on 5G or SmartCity use cases or do you want to find out about the possible uses for your company?
We would be happy if you shared your current project with us. We report on 5G and SmartCity innovations and network Adlershof companies related to these future technologies.
Here you will find the right contact person:
5G campus network/ a:head area:
Christoph Böttger
WISTA Management GmbH
Innovative Projects
Wilhelm Prasser
Logicalis GmbH
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