The H2020 5GCity project aims to provide a solution for such issues by designing, developing, and deploying a sliceable, distributed cloud/edge and radio platform with neutral hosting capability to support the sharing between information technology infrastructure owners and media service providers (i.e., vertical media actors).

5GCity partners led by the University of Bristol and i2CAT,  achieved an important milestone in July 2019 by publishing the article “Deploying a Novel 5G-Enabled Architecture on City Infrastructure for Ultra-High Definition and Immersive Media Production and Broadcasting” in the prestigious scientific journal IEEE Transaction on Broadcasting; special issue on 5G for Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting  from the Broadcasting Technology Society (BTS) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronical Engineering (IEEE).

The article introduces the progress of the H2020 5GCity project toward the designing, developing, and deploying of a sliceable, distributed cloud/edge and 5G enable radio platform with neutral hosting capability for key media Use Cases (UCs) namely related to “video acquisition and production at the edge,” “immersive services,” and “mobile production and transmission”. The three media UCs (namely related to “video acquisition and production at the edge,” “immersive services,” and “mobile production and transmission”) are implemented and deployed in real citywide pilots (in Bristol, Lucca, and Barcelona) to demonstrate the benefits for infrastructure owners and media service providers.

Additional information on 5GCity here.