Deliverable D6.2 First mobility efficient city use cases implementation results
Creators: name: Eleni (Nelly) Giannopoulou
name: Stavropoulou, Stefania
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: One of the three main themes addressed by the 5G-TOURS project is the mobility-efficient city, which aims at implementing a set of use cases that improve mobility-related experiences from various perspectives. These use cases revolve around the 5G EVE Athens site, including an extension to the Athens International Airport (AIA). This deliverable serves as a reference to report on the first mobility efficient city use cases implementation results, as well as their connection to the 5G-TOURS platform which will be realized through the network that will be deployed at AIA as an extension to the 5G EVE Athens site. The scope of this deliverable is to describe the progress in the implementation of the use cases in terms of network deployment and equipment that will be utilized, as well as from the application point of view and the terminal equipment components and interfaces. These interfaces will allow for the communication between the actors of each UC and the 5G-TOURS network infrastructure. Furthermore, a crucial part of this deliverable is to present the steps that have been taken in terms of integration and test in labs while also presenting results that have been produced both from these lab tests and in the field. The results will be analyzed and lessons learned will be identified in order to prepare for the validation trials. This deliverable will also present the risks identified for the UC implementation and trials execution due to the 2nd COVID-19 pandemic wave that has arisen. Finally, this deliverable serves as a successor to deliverable D6.1 [1] and internal report IR6.1 and predecessor to the deliverable D6.3 produced within WP6 - Mobility-efficient city use cases implementation, which focus on the implementation of the use cases of the mobility-efficient city. In D6.1 the focus was on the use cases description, in the definition of a detailed work plan as well as to the architecture definition of each use case. The internal report IR6.1 focused more on the initial progress of the UC implementation as well as the progress on the network design part. This deliverable also serves as a reference with respect to the alignment of the work plan as presented in D6.1. More specifically, this deliverable describes the progress in terms of implementation for the following 4 UCs of the mobility-efficient city: ● Use case 10 – Smart airport parking management: In this use case, parking users at the airport obtain real time information on available and occupied spaces through 5G-enabled parking sensors. They are able to locate available parking spaces directly through a mobile application and will be guided there via the optimal route. This use case involves mMTC communication, which represents an essential functionality of the 5G family technology. ● Use case 11 – Video-Enhanced ground-based moving vehicles: This use case provides high-definition cameras to the follow-me vehicles which lead aircrafts to parking positions, monitor and oversee the activity at the Airport Airside area, and attend incidents, emergencies and critical events, thus improving day-to-day airport operations as well as response activities to emergencies. This use case involves very large throughputs as well as highly critical communications. ● Use case 12 – Emergency airport evacuation: This use case focuses on the evacuation of the airport in a quick and organized fashion in case of an emergency, providing automated guidance of emergency routes from the affected area up to the muster areas. This use case focuses on the location accuracy part of 5G technology. The application relies on AR technology suitable for training exercises and simulations at the airport. ● Use case 13 – Excursion on an Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality (VR)-enhanced bus: This use case focuses on school students travelling to a destination of educational interest, generating good quality digital learning experiences both during the transportation to the destination and the visit of the exhibition, involving large throughputs and low latencies in highly mobile environments.