The Fast Lane to 5G Innovation

Speed your time to market with a 24/7 network testing and development platform hosted and managed by independent technology experts.

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5G Testing at Your Fingertips

In a business ecosystem where companies are increasingly interdependent on each other to deliver quality services across an ever-evolving network, the IEEE 5G/6G Innovation Testbed provides an efficient, low-cost collaborative testing and development environment that helps you and your partners get products and services to market faster.

The IEEE 5G/6G Innovation Testbed is a cloud-based, end-to-end 5G network emulator that enables testing and experimentation of 5G products and services. Secure, easily-accessible and “always on,” this platform brings 5G network testing and development to your fingertips and paves the way for speedier and smoother real world deployments.

Supporting a Wide Range of Industries

IEEE 5G/6G Innovation Testbed Capabilities

  • Efficient and economic 5G conformity testing within the 3GPP standards ecosystem

    • Voice and video call emulation
    • Authentication/encryption impact evaluations across different 5G platforms
    • Core network testing of products to verify functionality, compatibility, and interoperability prior to real-world network deployments
    • Conformance testing and full network (end-to-end) testing of components or products
    • Denial of Service, Interoperability and Overload Testing
  • Flexible and scalable for development within a wide range of 5G use cases and scenarios

    • Edge Cloud support for URLLC, eMBB, mMTC
    • Monitoring solution for OTT service reliability, assurance and monetization potential
    • Network Orchestration features to validate designs and optimize operations
    • Closed loop automation
  • Eliminate uncertainty through collaborative testing and development with other teams

    • Secure, private, collaborative environments for you and your partners
    • Work collaboratively on new products or standards
    • Demo your PoCs for pre-deployment, pre-commercial validations
    • Create new partnerships with other companies in the Innovation Testbed

Open and Secure, from a Trusted Source

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As a network of integrated open-source components, the IEEE 5G/6G Innovation Testbed avoids problems that come with relying on fixed proprietary solutions, and provides flexibility in adjusting, transforming, and integrating new network functions or features that further enhance the current 5G technology and help define future 6G functions.

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The 5G/6G Innovation Testbed draws on IEEE’s mission as a neutral and trusted global technical association to create an environment where industry can break new ground and work together to develop the next generation of technology innovations.

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