Vertical: Education
Application: Industry 4.0, AGVs
Ecosystem: IS-Wireless
Private Network: 5G
Polish company IS-Wireless has been selected by the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut (HHI) in Germany to install a private 5G network as part of the CampusOS initiative. CampusOS is a flagship project aimed at fostering the development of an open 5G campus network ecosystem in Germany and across Europe.
The private 5G deployment by IS-Wireless will take place at one of Fraunhofer HHI’s sites in Berlin and provide both indoor and outdoor connectivity using Open RAN technology. This includes IS-Wireless’ software solutions for the Open RAN Distributed Unit (O-DU), Centralized Unit (O-CU), and near-real-time RAN Intelligent Controller (Near-RT RIC).
The network will support the design of high-demand 5G campus networks for the German market. Target applications include Industry 4.0 use cases such as coordinating fleets of automated guided vehicles, 3D mapping of storage facilities, connected construction sites, and construction logistics. Enabling near real-time coordination of mobile work processes based on digital twins is a key goal.
According to Artur Chmielewski, Head of Sales at IS-Wireless, handling high data volumes and ensuring low latencies are critical for these industrial applications. Interference management, either by prevention or using interference constructively, is another important aspect enabled by IS-Wireless’ 5G scheduler design.
The CampusOS project, co-coordinated by Fraunhofer HHI, brings together a consortium of major industry players including Bosch, Siemens, and Deutsche Telekom. Funding is provided by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.
For Fraunhofer HHI, the initiative aims to lower the barriers for SMEs to enter the radio access network market by developing open 5G campus network components. Creating a reference test field to evaluate end-to-end performance is another key part of the institute’s work.
