BT says it is building and will operate a private 5G network on behalf of Belfast Harbor, covering large parts of the 2,000-acre site in 2021. BT says it aims to build “a state-of-the-art 5G ecosystem within the Port.”
Aside from supporting mobile phone service, the private network will enable remote controlled inspection technology (presumably use of drones), reducing the need for workers to climb towers. The network also will support air quality sensors.
One can guess from those two examples--and BT’s talk of developing an ecosystem, that most of the expected smart harbor applications have not yet been deployed or developed, or perhaps have not yet been adapted to work on the 5G private network.
Joe O’Neill, Belfast Harbor chief executive says the network is intended to support accurate tracking and integration of data gathered from multiple sources, and expects the new network to help it capture, process and interpret data in real time.
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