PRESS RELEASE
Dublin, Nov 2021
RedZinc to roll out pilots in Portugal and Spain as part of the 5G-EPICENTRE project
RedZinc has won a contract to pilot real-time video for emergency response services across 5G networks. RedZinc’s wearable, mobile, point-of-view, wireless video service platform BlueEye, will be piloted between hospitals and emergency response services in the 3 European cities of Barcelona, Aveiro and Malaga on a 5Gnetwork in 2022 and 2023. The video service will test network slicing and ultra-reliable low latency communication using the 5G-EPICENTRE network.
Public protection and disaster relief
5G-EPICENTRE project aims to deliver an open end-to-end experimentation 5G platform focusing on software applications for public protection and disaster relief (PPDR). There are over 1.5 million public safety users today. 5G transformational technologies will revolutionise the way they perform their life-saving work. See the Introduction of 5G-EPICENTRE project video.
BlueEye wearable mobile video relays video to the commander at the control centre for the disaster
5G and Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) gives better, faster video
BlueEye pilots over the experimental 5G network will lead to a faster delivery of emergency video services, will develop the BlueEye suite of products for emergency services to European telecommunications standards and will ultimately help save lives in emergencies. BlueEye will use 5G and Edge cloud benefits for real-time video which will be
- distributed to the edge of the network
- better quality high bandwidth video
- adjustable and scalable deployment
- lower latency
- prioritised traffic in a private slicing
- regional and national IT governance
5G PPDR applications
A number of exciting use cases will be piloted in the project, such as wearable mobile video, multimedia communications, drone remote control, geo-location, AR and AI to help support delivery of emergency services. The project co-ordinator Airbus is delivering 5G services to the airline.
5G is a broadband wireless technology which can help deliver mission critical voice, data and video services in emergency situations. RedZinc is an SME partner in the project, contributing 5G expertise and PPDR-based trials to help deliver the real needs of emergency services in the future.
“This is an opportunity to advance the 5G applications which can help deliver emergency services in which we are delighted to have a leading role”, comments Jean-Michel Duquerrois, Head of System Architecture Department, Airbus DS SLC.
Mobile video telemedicine for first responders
BlueEye video consultation for first responders continues to innovate in order to be a leader in this area and we are delighted to be part of this exciting 5G project where we can improve speed and quality service in video”, explains Donal Morris, CEO, RedZinc Services Ltd.
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RedZinc empowers first responders, healthcare, tele-maintenance and other personnel to live stream point of view video to an expert or hot desk centre using wearable video enabled for 4G and 5G telecommunications. Learn more about RedZinc.