Airbus pushes mission-critical standard solutions for 5G network

DUBAI / Emirates Business

Airbus will intensively contribute to the next steps in finding a global standard for mission-critical multimedia group communication. After the 3rd Generation Partnership Project’s (3GPP) completion of release 14 of secure multimedia group communication in December 2017, Airbus and its partners within 3GPP are now working on release 15 and 16 by the end of 2019. 3GPP is a global initiative that unites various standard development organisations and sets international telecommunications standards as well as system specifications.
One of the prime intentions is to improve real-time video group communication and develop a thorough 5G solution. “It is all about verifying the current developments and test transparently the interfaces between our solutions and those of our partners in the 3GPP. We are expecting that the outcome evolves powerfully and will be confirmed in tests in June 2018 and in 2019,” says Eric Davalo, head of strategic development for secure land communications at Airbus.
“Next June we will take part in an international plug test in Disaster City in Texas, USA, where we will check collaboratively the next level of standard developments with other companies,” says Eric Davalo. “Afterwards, we will be focussing on mission-critical video group communication and start considering the 5G networks which evolve naturally out of 4G networks.”