Project Description
5G-MOBiS
Simulation and usage of 5G data
in future-oriented mobility
Application Details
The 5th generation of mobile communications promises higher data rates, high availability and – at the same time – high energy efficiency, which opens up a multitude of new application fields. 5G-MOBiS (5G Mobility Innovations Salzburg) is a research project based on the Science and Innovation Strategy Salzburg 2025 (“WISS2025”) and funded by the state Salzburg that investigates how 5G data can be used for traffic control and spatial and mobility planning. With 5G-MOBiS, RSA FG’s Research Studio iSPACE – together with project partners ANDATA and Invenium – lays the foundation of research into the potential and added value of 5G data.
What are the project’s goals?
The spatiotemporal added value of 5G data is to be elaborated through more precise spatial allocation, optimized temporal provision, and fast transmission of large data volumes in traffic situation detection and traffic planning.
For this purpose, 5G data, sensor data, and statistical data are processed and harmonized – the data are collected with test devices and also simulated on the basis of anonymized 4G data. In addition, a conceptual data requirements catalogue will be created (for which the detailed open structures will be specified in the course of 5G-MOBiS) in order to be able to use them in the best possible way for projects of future-oriented mobility.
In a variety of use cases, innovative methods are applied to test and analyse the application of these datasets in predictive and adaptive traffic and vehicle control, as well as their usability in traffic automation, which will be important in the future. Furthermore, the collected and processed data will be used for the implementation and evaluation of new approaches in traffic and spatial planning.
Evaluation and implementation in the Regional Lab Hallein
The developed applications will be prototyped in a spatially limited Regional Lab in Hallein. For this purpose, a “Regional Data Lab” will be created to collect data with test devices and to implement and evaluate the methods to be developed. This will build on existing infrastructure from previous projects such as Connecting Austria and COPE.
New impulses for Salzburg
The research projects planned in the 5G-MOBiS project and their application are based on current strategy papers such as WISS2025, the 5G strategy of the Austrian federal government, or the RTI strategy Mobility, and also advance these in an innovative way.
The project also aims to build on research strengths in integrated data literacy, digital mobility and traffic control. Furthermore, innovative methods of geoinformatics as well as models for pattern recognition, spatial analytics, and artificial intelligence are to be developed further.
In addition to promoting technological developments in Salzburg and strengthening its location, Salzburg also potentially gains access to new technologies to further advance innovative and novel traffic sensing solutions for improved planning and control of mobility and traffic flows in the region.
