Brainstorm,
which manufactures real-time 3D graphics and virtual studio solutions, is
participating in the 5GMediaHUB Project that aims to accelerate the testing and
validation of media applications with 5G technology.
Results
from the project will have global implications for media and entertainment
players planning to invest in 5G.
The H2020 5G-PPP Phase 3 project
5GMediaHUB, “5G Experimentation Environment for Third-party Media Services,” is
coordinated by the Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)
from Barcelona, Spain.
The project aims to develop a testing and
validation environment over two existing 5G experimental platforms, located in
Barcelona and Oslo, in order to create the 5GMediaHUB Experimentation Facility.
The facility will constitute an elastic, secure, trusted, all-in-one and
multi-tenant service execution and network applications (NetApps) development
environment.
5GMediaHUB will offer third-party
application developers, such as service providers, the opportunity to
experiment, test and validate their media applications by using the 5GMediaHUB
Experimentation Facility. This will reduce the time needed for an enterprise to
make its services available to end-users.
The use cases that will be tested are immersive
augmented, virtual and extended reality applications; smart media production;
and smart media content distribution.
Brainstorm will lead the definition of the
different cases of use of the project, its technical requirements, KPIs, and it
will also establish the basis on which the validation plan will be designed.
The specific scenario to be developed and validated by Brainstorm is focused on
broadcasting panoramic virtual content optimally to multiple users.
“In 5GMediaHUB we capitalise on the
experience from previous 5G projects in network slicing and orchestration.
Existing well-established 5G platforms will be extended during the project in
order to test third-party media services to enable the EU to achieve its goal
of becoming a world leader in 5G,” said 5GMediaHub Project Coordinator Christos
Verikoukis, Research Director at CTTC.
Francisco Ibáñez, R&D Project
Director at Brainstorm Multimedia, added: “The 5GMediaHub project will allow
Brainstorm to use, test and validate 5G technology with its virtual reality and
augmented reality graphic applications for the broadcast sesctor.”