SHINE: Shared Hybrid Indoor 5G Networks & Ecosystems

Purpose and goal

The project addresses the "green paradox" in commercial buildings. Good mobile coverage is business-critical for over 150 million sqm of indoor space; while energy-efficient buildings cause radio signals to attenuate the traffic. Today, multi-tenant buildings are forced to choose between relying on coverage from macro networks or private networks. SHINE will demonstrate a hybrid model where public and private 5G networks coexist through logical separation via frequencies and network slicing

Expected effects and result

Deployment of 5G infrastructure, up to 40,000 sqm of indoor space. Validate an "Infrastructure-as-a-Service" model that moves costs from CAPEX to predictable OPEX. Deliver test results from cutting-edge systems in security, IoT and mission-critical applications. and ultimately develop a national blueprint for large-scale and hybrid indoor deployment. Seventh and last, the project wants to demonstrate that shared hybrid 5G provides high security at a lower cost and reduced energy consumption.

Planned approach and implementation

We use a model where public and private 5G are interconnected on the same shared indoor infrastructure. Through a multi-tenant architecture, multiple tenants can use private while public operators deliver coverage. In parallel, a business model is validated where private 5G is offered as a service, and with a perspective in the design through needs analyses and user tests with representative groups, and differences in work tasks, interaction with equipment and privacy aspects