Concordia University to research 5G, edge computing with help from ENCQOR 5G, Ericsson
Concordia University, ENCQOR 5G and Ericsson announced the creation of the new Industrial Research Chair in Cloud and Edge Computing for 5G and Beyond. According to the announcement, the new chair will aim to increase the performance of the 5G network by relying on cloud and edge computing technologies and artificial intelligence.
This new cutting-edge research team, which will have a five-year mandate, was made possible by a total investment of $2.7 million.
The holder of the IRC will be the Professor Roch Glitho of Concordia University, a cloud network expert. “I’m honoured to partner with ENCQOR 5G and Ericsson to tackle these research and deployment challenges,” said Professor Glitho. “Together, we aim to strengthen Canada’s digital backbone and create high-skilled workers to take us into the future.”
Pierre Boucher, General Manager of ENCQOR 5G, notes that the new chair offers very promising perspectives. “The ENCQOR 5G program brings together large companies, SMEs, and academia, to contribute to the advancement of research, innovation and demonstration of applications through collaborative research and development in 5G and the use of a pre-commercial testbeds in Quebec and Ontario,” said Mr. Boucher. “The Concordia research chair has the potential to become a flagship in our research co-development program in Quebec.”
Achieving 5G performance characteristics entailed the use of several innovative technologies in the design of the 5G network. Amongst these technologies, edge computing is considered essential for assuring 5G success.
“At Ericsson Research, we see that future networks with deeply embedded computing will build up what we call a network compute fabric, providing a unified, integrated execution environment for distributed applications,” added Magnus Frodigh, Vice President, Head of Ericsson Research. “The chair position on ‘Cloud & Edge Computing in 5G and Beyond’ at Concordia will be one important vehicle to explore many research questions along the journey of such a network compute fabric.”
The chair program will explore cognitive technologies allowing to replace the human intervention in the management and operation flow, thus reducing operational costs and downtimes. “To do that, we’re working on ‘intelligent clouds’ in which artificial intelligence will drive all the management tasks,” said Mr. Glitho.
“As our increasingly networked world relies more and more on cloud and edge computing, it’s critical that we envision and create the infrastructure to support new 5G applications that demand speed and reliability,” explained Mr. Glitho.
A large number of fields of activity will benefit from the possibilities offered by 5G technology. Mixed reality, self-driving cars, smart cities, cyber-physical systems for Industry 4.0, and remote surgery are just a few of 5G applications which will fundamentally change our lives soon. According to an estimate released by the World Economic Forum, by the year 2035, the economic impact of 5G will reach $12 trillion as the 5G network expands.
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