News Release

January 16, 2023

Joint Demonstration of Practical Applications
Related to Self-Driving Carts in Local 5G Wide Areas
The EXEO Group, Inc. (the “Company”; head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Tetsuya
Funabashi, President) announced the creation of a consortium together with the YRP
R&D Promotion Committee (head office: Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa; Katsuya Watanabe,President), NTT Communications Corporation (head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Toru
Maruoka, President & CEO), and the University of Tokyo III / GSII as well as the holdingof demonstration trials by mobilizing each partner's insights and technologies within theframework of "Demonstration of Practical Applications Related to Self-Driving Carts inLocal 5G Wide Areas," outsourced from the National Institute of Information andCommunications Technology (NICT).
■ Demonstration overview〇Trial location: Public roads in YRP areas〇Trial duration: January to March 2023
■ Details of the demonstration
Technical demonstrations relating to radio wave propagation, mutual interference,etc. in environments with multiple local 5G base stations and devices in YRP areas
as well as examination of effectiveness in identifying issues based on practicaloperation scenarios.

〇Trial 1: Measurements will be done to assess area formation and performance for
local 5G, etc. (reception power, transmission throughput, delays, and otherperspectives) as a communication environment for vehicles moving in anenvironment that requires hand-overs. With regard to identifying issues andsolutions from technical, institutional, and operative aspects, considerations andissues will be organized with attention to both "assessment of road area formation
by descending from nearby buildings" and assessment of self-driving cartdemonstrations in anticipation of practical operations.
〇Trial 2: Utility is trialed through specific demonstrations of real-time video
surveillance inside the vehicles in anticipation of remotely controlled or unmanned
self-driving carts as well as real-time detection of vehicles, etc. approaching from outof sight due to obstacles or the terrain. Suggestions will be made for problem solving
that considers institutional and operational aspects (e.g., requirements forcommunication performance in video transmission, requirements for real-time
operations within the system, cutting costs related to network building)■Individual role
Company name (random order)

Role

EXEO Group, Inc.

Consortium representative, general manager
Building visual surveillance system for issuedemonstration(Building cloud infrastructure and developing
AI models for 4K camera images)

YRP R&D Promotion Committee

Holding regular consortium meetings,
managing progress and issues(Procedure-related)
Trial logistics coordination (outside thesystem)

NTT Communications Corporation

Coordinating radio wave propagation during
technical demonstrations

Keikyu Corporation

Assessment through remote surveillance, etc.
during comprehensive demonstrations

The University of Tokyo III / GSII

Secure and efficient edge processing duringissue demonstrations

Contact for inquiries
PR group, Corporate Communication Office , EXEO Group, Inc.
TEL. +81-3-5778-1075 E-mail: contact@en2.exeo.co.jp