"Mobile data needs in Blackpool are driven by large fluctuations in demand depending on the season and time of day," he says. Professor David Grace, from the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology at the University of York, said Blackpool was an important location for the trial. It will deliver high speed connectivity and allow user demand and energy usage to be better managed, as well as allowing multiple operators to share the infrastructure. The infrastructure will be deployed in the resort's busiest areas, including the promenade and Winter Garden. One of the trials will install and use innovative infrastructure in Blackpool, supported by project partners Blackpool Council and Virgin Media O2. Project partners will develop O-RAN software and hardware systems and run trials to demonstrate the new technology. This new project, REACH (RIC Enabled (CF-)mMIMO for HDD), will use the University's experience in developing Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) solutions to deliver improved data connections in areas which regularly host high numbers of visitors. Tourist hotspots drive significant volumes of mobile traffic, presenting a challenge to existing mobile technologies. The funding is part of DSIT's Open Networks Programme: Open Networks Ecosystem Competition and brings together an exciting group of partners to find new solutions to improve the delivery of mobile phone data in densely populated areas. Tourist hotspot Blackpool is one location for trials of new mobile technology as part of the project The University of York has been awarded £3.1m funding from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to support the development of the UK's growing 5G network and the evolution of 6G communications.
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