Vi announces plans to test 5G-based solutions on aerial traffic management and motion capture system

Vodafone Idea will test 5G-based solutions on aerial traffic management and motion capture system, as part of its ongoing 5G trials.

Vodafone Idea will test 5G-based solutions on aerial traffic management and motion capture system, as part of its ongoing 5G trials on government allocated 5G spectrum. Vi has partnered with startups including Vizzbee Robotics Solution and Tweek Labs -- winners of the 5G Hackathon organised by IMC 2020 along with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Last year, DoT had announced a 5G Hackathon to identify relevant India-focused ideas that can be converted into 5G solutions. 5G Hackathon provided a platform to select the best solutions that can be tested and offer mentorship and support from the Hackathon partners.

The company noted that through its partnership with Vizzbee Robotics, Vi will trial Unmanned Aerial Traffic Management (UTM) and the Management Server (Aerobridge) using 5G Network to validate solutions such as stream live video frames from the UAV over the network, demonstrate the public safety and law enforcement application for ground personnel, perform real-time analytics from the data captured via drones, amongst others.