TECHNOLOGY

"Explore 5G features and performance in a controlled, real environment."

5GTN is the world’s widest 5G Test Network with open access. The complete 5G test system – from infrastructure to applications and services – allows unique testing possibilities from prototype devices to complete solutions in a controlled environment.

The wide 5GTN network consists of several sites and is well-connected with national and worldwide test environments. The 5G Test Network features support the use of 5G devices, several frequency bands, orchestration functionalities, and system testing tools.

5GTN invites you to

  • utilise state-of-the-art equipment and data for your innovations,

  • test your applications, technology or concepts over the live network, and

  • bring your innovative ideas to the open development platform.

Furthermore, research projects can be established to develop specific key 5G technology components and services for your purposes.

With 5GTN services, you will get easy access to the 5GTN mobile network via SIM cards. Access is provided to all functions and interfaces. To facilitate your trials, you can loan state-of-the-art test devices. Latest technology prototypes are at your disposal along with in-depth analytics for a maximal trial experience and outcomes.

Planning and realisation of the trial sessions as well as the evaluation of the outcomes are supported by clear online instructions and dedicated personal service made available during the trial sessions.

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Recent news

5GTN introduces more services
5G Test Network in Oulu adds Network Monitoring to its service portfolio offered to customers, making it possible to monitor
The CNL technology demo competition: 5G and Beyond – Towards Autonomous Systems
It is again time for VTT’s CNL and 5G test network demo competition. The demo competition will be held at
5GTN rolls out new services – includes latest IoT
5G Test Network (5GTN) is opening a long-awaited NB-IoT network that makes it possible to test the Internet of Things

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Materials

Downloads

5GTN+LeafLet PDF (1589 kB)
5GTN+presentation PDF (1572 kB)

NB-IoT Workshop, August 25th 2017
5GTN+WithIoT PDF (1297 kB)
5GTN+OperationalModel PDF (597 kB)
What's up in Oulu PDF (1427 kB)
ARM_NB-IoT PDF (888 kB)

HILLA Workshop, January 14th 2016, Oulu:
Common description of operative models for third party activities in the 5G test network_160114 PDF (477 kB)
IoT features in 5GTN Core PDF (236 kB)
Nokia 5G hilla info 14-1-2016 PDF (617 kB)
Bittium Devices in 5GTN PDF (797 kB)
5G-Hilla WS - Application development enablers-14.1.2016 PDF (1938 kB)

Publications

2019

T. Ojanperä, J. Mäkelä, T. Sukuvaara, M. Kutila, P. Pyykönen, Development and piloting of 5G road safety services, Accepted for publication in IET book ‘Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems: Towards High-Level Automated Driving, 2019 to appear.

M. E. Leinonen, M. Sonkki, O. Kursu, A. Pärssinen,  5G mmW Receiver Interoperability with Wi-Fi and LTE Transmissions, the 13th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Krakow, Poland, 2019 to appear.

M. Sonkki,  Z. Siddiqui, J. Chen, M.E.Leinonen, M. Berg,  A. Pärssinen,  Study of Planar Wideband mm-Wave Bowtie Antennas over PCB Ground Plane, the 13th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Krakow, Poland, 2019 to appear.

M. Arif, O. Liinamaa, I. Ahmad, A. Pouttu, M. Ylianttila,  On the Demonstration and Evaluation of Service-Based Slices in 5G Test Network using NFV, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, Marrakech, Morocco, 2019 to appear.

K. Mikhaylov, V. Petrov, R. Gupta, M.A. Lema, O. Galinina, S. Andreev, Y. Koucheryavy, M. Valkama, A. Pouttu, M. Dohler, Energy Efficiency of Multi-Radio Massive Machine-Type Communication (MR-MMTC): Applications, Challenges, and Solutions, IEEE Communications Magazine, 2019 to appear.

2018

T. Ojanperä, J. Mäkelä, O. Mämmelä, M. Majanen, O. Martikainen, Use Cases and Communications Architecture for 5G-Enabled Road Safety Services, the European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC), Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2018.

K. Mikhaylov, M. Stusek, P. Masek, V. Petrov, J. Petäjäjärvi, S. Andreev, J. Pokorny, J. Hosek, A. Pouttu,  Y. Koucheryavy, Multi-RAT LPWAN in Smart Cities: Trial of LoRaWAN and NB-IoT Integration, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kansas City, USA, 2018.

I. Ramezanipour, H. Alves, P. Nardelli, A. Pouttu, Energy Efficiency of an Unlicensed Wireless Network in the Presence of Retransmissions, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference Spring , Porto, Portugal, 2018.

A. Pouttu, G. Destino, O. Liinamaa , 5G Test Network (5GTN) – Environment for Demonstrating 5G and IoT convergence during 2018 Korean Olympics between Finland and Korea, IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications , Honolulu, HI, USA, 2018.

T. Kanstren, J. Mäkelä, M. Uitto, O. Apilo, A. Pouttu, O. Liinamaa, G. Destino, P. Kivinen, A. Matilainen, Vertical Use Cases in the Finnish 5G Test Network, the European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC), Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2018.

K. Mikhaylov, J. Petäjäjärvi, A. Pouttu,  Effect of Downlink Traffic on Performance of LoRaWAN-based LPWA Networks: Empirical Study, European Wireless, Catania, Italy, 2018.

R. Yasmin, M. Salminen, E. Gilman, J. Petäjäjärvi, K. Mikhaylov, M. Pakanen, A. Niemelä, J. Riekki, S. Pirttikangas, A. Pouttu,  Combining IoT Deployment and Data Visualization: experiences within campus maintenance use-case, the 9th International Conference on Network of the Future, Poznan, Poland, 2018.

K. Mikhaylov, A. Moiz, A. Pouttu, J. M. M. Rapún, S. A. Gascon,  LoRaWAN for Wind Turbine Monitoring: Prototype and Practical Deployment, the 10th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems, Moscow, Russia, 2018.

2017

M. Luoto, Managing control information in autonomic wireless networking, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Oulu, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineering, 2017.

T. Kanstrén, Experiences in Testing and Analysing Data Intensive Systems, IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security (industry track), 2017

J. Backman, K. Valtanen, S. Yrjölä, and O. Mämmelä, Blockchain network slice broker in 5G: Slice leasing in factory of the future use case, IEEE joint 13th CTTE and 10th CMI Conference on Internet of Things - Business Models, Users, and Networks, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2017.

M. Höyhtyä, T. Ojanperä, J. Mäkelä, S. Ruponen, P. Järvensivu, Integrated 5G Satellite-terrestrial Systems: Use Cases for Road Safety and Autonomous Ships, the 23rd Ka and Broadband Communications Conference, Trieste, Italy, 2017.

P. Karhula, J. Mäkelä, H. Rivas, M. Valta, Internet of Things Connectivity with Gateway Functionality Virtualization, Global Internet of Things Summit, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017.

R. Yasmin, J. Petäjäjärvi, K. Mikhaylov, A. Pouttu, On the integration of LoRaWAN with the 5G test network, IEEE 28th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Montreal, Canada, 2017.

K. Mikhaylov, J. Petäjäjärvi, J. Haapola, A. Pouttu , D2D Communications in LoRaWAN Low Power Wide Area Network: From Idea to Empirical Validation, IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops), Paris, France, 2017.

2016

T. Kanstrén, J. Liikka, J. Mäkelä, M. Luoto, J. Prokkola, Preliminary Big Data in a 5G Test Network, IEEE Workshop on Big Data and Machine Learning in Telecom, Washington DC, USA, 2016.

T. Kanstrén, J. Liikka, J. Mäkelä, P. Ruuska, Testing IoT Services and Devices in a 5G Test Network, 4th ETSI User Conference on Advanced Automated Testing (UCAAT), Budapest, Hungary, 2016.

T. Kanstrén, J. Mäkelä, E. Piri, J. Liikka, A. Hekkala,Testing Technologies to Support Network and Services Testing in a 5G Test Network, the 12th Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications (AICT), Valencia, Spain, 2016.

2015

Esa Piri, Improving heterogeneous wireless networking with cross-layer information services, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Oulu, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Department of Communications Engineering, Oulu, 2015.

T. Kanstrén, J. Perälä, Testing Technologies in Finnish 5G Test Network, 3rd ETSI User Conference on Advanced Automated Testing (UCAAT), Sophia Antipolis, French Riviera, 2015.

 

Demonstrations

Come and see the most awesome demonstrations of testing services, networks, IoT, and everything else. Applications of big data, machine learning, network virtualization, cloud technologies, and all the latest and trendiest in tech. Also the best guys and gals, of course.

What you missed but can still request more info and private show if interested:

O. Apilo, et al., “Real-time cellular IoT monitoring for sport wearables”, The CNL technology demo competition: 5G and Beyond – Towards Autonomous Systems, 28th November, 2018, VTT, Oulu.

M. Uitto, et al., “Towards Next-Generation Media Streaming for Mass Events”, The CNL technology demo competition: 5G and Beyond – Towards Autonomous Systems, 28th November, 2018, VTT, Oulu.

M. Uitto, et al., “NB-IoT and high-resolution media uplink delivery utilizing 5G test network”, The CNL technology demo competition: 5G and Beyond – Towards Autonomous Systems, 14th December, 2017, VTT, Oulu.

T. Kanstren, et al., “End-to-end monitoring and testing of services in a 5G test network”, The CNL technology demo competition, 14th December, 2016, VTT, Oulu. 1st price winner.

T. Kanstren, et al., “End-to-end monitoring and testing of services in a 5G test network”, EUCNC, Oulu, Finland, 2016.